Colour history bug

If you grab a colour out of your history, then alter it the new colour isn't saved to the history. As the colorpicker has been removed (very annoying), it makes it almost impossible to recreate a colour created in this way. Can this get fixed (or better, bring back the picker)

Hi,
I have tried to reproduce this behavior but cannot reproduce this problem. After picking a color, changing it through the "Color Wheel", and making some strokes in the canvas, I can see the new color in the "Color History", please see attachment :
Thanks,
Jose

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