Umsebenzi womculi hong yi (hong yi) ayixhomekekanga kubukho bama-canvas kunye nezixhobo zokubhala. Eyona nto iphambili ngumbono, kwaye kunokwenzeka ukuyisebenzisa zombini ngamandla, njengeseti yezithambisi. Kwi-cosmeticka, i-hong yi yayiyinto yonke eyimfuneko ukubhala imifanekiso ezinikezelwe kunyaka omtsha waseTshayina, ubhala isihloko "isihloko esipholileyo."