Paint with color bitmap, not alpha brush or canvas texture.

I've been using photoshop for quite some time, so I hate to ask what seems like a very simple question.
My question - is there any way to paint with a bitmap, not just 'define brush' as that seems to only be an alpha ranging from full opacity to transparent with no color information other than the single color you select when you want to paint. The 'texture' option in the brush editor apparently simply means what texture do you want to reveal.
What I'm looking for seems to basic, I used to do it back in Deluxe Paint on my amiga years ago, where I'd just select a chunk of my image, then i could smear it all over the canvas. I can't seem to find any way to do this in photoshop, surprisingly.
thanks for any insight into this.

As you said, Photoshop brushes are monochrome and cannot carry colour information.
Photoshop does not have this capability.
It is of course possible in other programs.

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