I am unable to get DColorMixer:SetColor()/SetBaseColor() to work right

[MrRalgoman]

So I've got a pnl which holds 3 different dcolormixers. I tab through the 3 different mixers with my own tab function, that is all working fine and dandy. My only issue is when I initialize the dcolormixers, the color and base color is not being change when I call SetColor/SetBaseColor

-- prnt is a valid dpanel
-- prfl:GetColor() returns Color(255, 255, 255, 255)
-- prfl:GetHeadshotColor() returns Color(
-- prfl:GetKillColor() returns Color(

---------- Color Picker Panel ----------
local colPick = vgui.Create("DPanel", prnt)
colPick:SetTall(prnt:GetTall() / 2)
colPick:Dock(TOP)
colPick:InvalidateParent(true)
colPick._colForms = { vgui.Create("DPanel", colPick), vgui.Create("DPanel", colPick),
    vgui.Create("DPanel", colPick) }

buildColPickerTabs(colPick)

colPick._colForms[1] = buildColorPicker(colPick, colPick._colForms[1], prfl, prfl:GetColor(),
function(col) prfl:SetColor(col) end)
colPick._colForms[1]:SetVisible(true) -- have to make sure one is visible by default

colPick._colForms[2] = buildColorPicker(colPick, colPick._colForms[2], prfl, prfl:GetHeadshotColor(),
function(col) prfl:SetHeadshotColor(col) end)

colPick._colForms[3] = buildColorPicker(colPick, colPick._colForms[3], prfl, prfl:GetKillColor(),
function(col) prfl:SetKillColor(col) end)
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--[[-----------------------------
buildColPickerTabs( DPanel prnt )
    - builds the tabs for the color picker pnl,
    (normal/head/kill hit)
]]-------------------------------
local function buildColPickerTabs(prnt)
    local tabs = vgui.Create("DPanel", prnt)
    tabs:SetTall(tabs_h)
    tabs:Dock(TOP)
    tabs:InvalidateParent(true)

    local names = { "Normal Shot", "Head Shot", "Kill Shot" }

    local xPos = 0
    for i = 1, 3 do
        local tab = vgui.Create("DButton", tabs)
        tab:SetSize((tabs:GetWide() / 3) + 3, tabs_h)
        tab:SetPos(xPos, 0)
        tab:SetText(names[i])

        function tab:DoClick()
            for c = 1, 3 do
                prnt._colForms[c]:SetVisible(false)
            end -- disable all

            prnt._colForms[i]:SetVisible(true) -- enable this one
        end

        xPos = xPos + (tabs:GetWide() / 3) - 1
    end
end

--[[------------------------------------------------------
buildColorPicker( DPanel prnt, HitProfile prfl, DPanel pnl
    Color initVal, function onChange )
    - Builds a color picker form on the passed pnl,
    changes the colors of the HitProfile
]]--------------------------------------------------------
local function buildColorPicker(prnt, pnl, prfl, initVal, onChange)
    pnl:Dock(FILL)
    pnl:InvalidateParent(true)
    pnl:SetVisible(false)

    local colPick = vgui.Create("DColorMixer", pnl)
    colPick:Dock(FILL)
    colPick:SetBaseColor(initVal)
    colPick:SetColor(initVal)
    -- ISSUE: SETTING DEFAULT COLORS ISNT WORKING RIGHT

    function colPick:ValueChanged(col)
        onChange(col) end

    return pnl
end

As I said, everything is working the way I'd like it except for the dcolormixer's color/basecolor.

I know you can't see the color mixer's changing but I have validated they with various prints.

Here is a gif below showing how the base colors don't change.
Screen capture