ADOBE PHOTOSHOP COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔brightness - ✔✔the measurement of a relative lightness or darkness of a color;
measured in a percentage from 0% (black) to 100% (white)
✔✔grayscale mode - ✔✔a specialized color mode that uses up to 256 shades of gray,
assigning a brightness from 0 black) to 255 (white) to each pixel
✔✔foreground color - ✔✔The color applied by painting tools in Photoshop; Black by
default and is used to paint, fill, and apply a border to a selection;
✔✔background color - ✔✔Color that is revealed by the Eraser Tool when it is used on a
layer that has transparency locked; It is white by default and is use to make gradient fills
and fill in areas of an image that have been erased
✔✔color picker - ✔✔a feature that lets you choose a color from a color spectrum or
numerically to define a custom color
✔✔swatches panel - ✔✔a visual display of colors that you can choose from
✔✔stroke - ✔✔emphasizing an image by placing a border around its edges
✔✔grayscale images - ✔✔can contain up to 256 shades of gray, assigning brightness
value from 0 (black) to 255 (white) to each pixels (2 words)
✔✔luminosity - ✔✔the light and dark values within an image when you convert it from
color to grayscale
✔✔filters - ✔✔photoshop commands that can significantly alter an image's appearance
✔✔Sharpen filter - ✔✔increases the contrast of adjacent pixels and can focus a blurry
image
✔✔Application bar - ✔✔A bar at the top of the workspace that contains Photoshop's
menus and several other commonly-used tools to help you manage your workspace.
✔✔Icon - ✔✔A picture or symbol that represents the selected tool.
✔✔Menus - ✔✔Lists of commands that are related to each other.
✔✔Options bar - ✔✔Located just below the Application bar. When you click on any tool
in the Tools panel, the tool's options (or settings) appear here.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔brightness - ✔✔the measurement of a relative lightness or darkness of a color;
measured in a percentage from 0% (black) to 100% (white)
✔✔grayscale mode - ✔✔a specialized color mode that uses up to 256 shades of gray,
assigning a brightness from 0 black) to 255 (white) to each pixel
✔✔foreground color - ✔✔The color applied by painting tools in Photoshop; Black by
default and is used to paint, fill, and apply a border to a selection;
✔✔background color - ✔✔Color that is revealed by the Eraser Tool when it is used on a
layer that has transparency locked; It is white by default and is use to make gradient fills
and fill in areas of an image that have been erased
✔✔color picker - ✔✔a feature that lets you choose a color from a color spectrum or
numerically to define a custom color
✔✔swatches panel - ✔✔a visual display of colors that you can choose from
✔✔stroke - ✔✔emphasizing an image by placing a border around its edges
✔✔grayscale images - ✔✔can contain up to 256 shades of gray, assigning brightness
value from 0 (black) to 255 (white) to each pixels (2 words)
✔✔luminosity - ✔✔the light and dark values within an image when you convert it from
color to grayscale
✔✔filters - ✔✔photoshop commands that can significantly alter an image's appearance
✔✔Sharpen filter - ✔✔increases the contrast of adjacent pixels and can focus a blurry
image
✔✔Application bar - ✔✔A bar at the top of the workspace that contains Photoshop's
menus and several other commonly-used tools to help you manage your workspace.
✔✔Icon - ✔✔A picture or symbol that represents the selected tool.
✔✔Menus - ✔✔Lists of commands that are related to each other.
✔✔Options bar - ✔✔Located just below the Application bar. When you click on any tool
in the Tools panel, the tool's options (or settings) appear here.
