Visiting Honolulu for vacation, I chanced upon a view of the sun shinning on Pacific ocean waves. I see a certain pattern of light that shines only upon top part of waves. I think i finally understand what these japanese artists are trying to depict. Japanese painting of waves have a portion of white on top of the waves. Previously I had imagined that they were trying to draw foam produced by crashing waves. But now I see, the white parts are actually golden or silver colored reflection of the bright sun. They’re so bright that white probably is the closest color we can use to draw them in contrast to parts of the waves that do not receive the same amount of sun.