What tool selects a consistently colored area based on a tolerance value?

The Magic Wand Tool is designed to select areas of an image that share similar colors or tonal values, which is particularly useful for making quick selections based on color. When you use this tool, you can adjust the tolerance setting, which determines how similar in color adjacent pixels must be for them to be selected together. A higher tolerance value allows for a broader range of colors to be included in the selection, while a lower value narrows it down to more specific colors.

This functionality is ideal for scenarios where you need to select large, uniformly colored areas—such as skies or backgrounds—without having to trace them manually. Other tools mentioned, like the Brush Tool, are primarily for painting or drawing, and the Polygonal Lasso Tool or Rectangle Marquee Tool are primarily for freehand selections or geometric area selections, respectively, without the automatic color-based selection capability that the Magic Wand Tool offers.