PSE 8 Brush is showing up as colored dots?

Whenver I go to use the brush tool (and these are just standard brushes, I've yet to install any) and set it to any color that isn't black or white, I get instead, a bunch of colored dots. And this is only for the brush tool, not the pencil. I've tried multiple brushes and it's like this every time. :c This is what it ends up looking like:
I've uninstalled and reinstalled the program, and I'm at a loss as to what I should do, at this point. Anybody have any suggestions, or had this problem before?

I'd suggest resetting the brush tool and then under the brush options make sure
Keep These Settings For All Brushes is unchecked.

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