Shapes and Color fill

This was a problem with the last version of Pages and I'm not sure if it's a bug or not, but it's frustrating.
1. Create a Square Shape on the page and make sure it's selected.
2. Open the Colors panel by clicking the Colors icon in the toolbar.
3. Pick a color from the Colors panel.
4. Shape does not change color.

B. Kennedy wrote:
...that's pretty unintuitive. I don't see the need for that extra step considering any drawing program I've ever used just requires you to click the object and then the color.
iWork wants to know whether you are changing the color of the Fill, the color of the Shape's Outline or the color of the Text inside the Shape. How else would it know which property you wanted to change the color of?
Jerry

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