Which statement best describes the Brush Tool?

• A. Paints soft strokes of color using the foreground color
• B. Paints hard-edged strokes using the foreground color
• C. Draws vectors
• D. Erases content

Answer: (A)

The Brush Tool works by painting color onto the image using the foreground color and a brush-shaped tip. You choose a foreground color, pick a brush, and move the cursor to lay down pigment on the canvas. The look of the strokes—whether soft and feathered or hard-edged—depends on the brush’s settings (such as hardness, size, opacity, and flow). Because of this, describing it as painting soft strokes of color with the foreground color captures the tool’s essential behavior: it adds color through painting, controlled by the foreground color. It isn’t used for drawing vectors or for erasing content, which are functions of other tools.