EasyClassic
"I am the instrument between an artist's hand and the canvas. I can be as fine as a hair or as wide as a hand. I hold colour but I have none of my own. What am I?"
Answer
A Paintbrush
Explanation
A paintbrush transfers paint from palette to canvas. Its bristles range from ultra-fine for detail work to very wide for broad strokes. The brush itself has no inherent colour — it merely carries whatever the artist puts on it.
This is an easy riddle in the Classic category — Time-honoured riddles passed down through generations.
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