Cannot select colour of shape until it is created

[anoadragon453]

I'd like to be able to select a colour before I create shapes and objects. The current behaviour is most jarring when trying to draw with the pen. Needing to create a stroke, then select the colour on the first stroke, and then continuing to draw in order to get the colour I wanted to use is confusing:

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"I want to draw in blue..."

This issue will be exacerbated by fixing #437, requiring switching to the pointer tool in order to select the stroke, and then select the colour.

A potential solution is to put a colour picker tool in the bottom toolbar, which would also help indicate the currently selected default colour for new objects. Something like the following: