It doesn’t allow anyone to reply if the developer already replied to it.
My solution for fixing this problem is to allow players to choose a “backup” color in case they are forced to use a different color. For example, I can choose blue setsuki as my main color and yellow african-american setsuki as my secondary color in case I am forced to switch colors.
Fyi, “developer responded to it” is not why the other thread was closed. It was closed because it was a bug report of a thing that isn’t a bug, but rather exactly how it works in every other fighting game. The correct place to suggest new features is here a thread like this, in “suggestions and feedback,” not as a bug report.