Here's how to tell if a bracelet is painted:
Lightly polish the bracelet with sandpaper. If a white powdery object is found on sandpaper, the bracelet is colored. Handstring originally refers to beads, originally called rosary, which refers to a portable instrument that uses a thread to pass through a certain number of beads and is used to count when chanting Buddha or holding a spell. Now as long as you wear it on your wrist, you can call it a bracelet.