I heard that the new update would come out today, so was very excited to play. I started the game, to my surprise that the update wasn't there, but all of my custom-made skins have reverted to Steves and Alex'. 

Maybe it was an update issue? I checked my library in the microsoft store, and updated Minecraft. Started it up, yay! 1.19! But my skins are still gone.

Okay, it's not that bad. I can recreate them, since fortunately I made pictures just a week earlier. But halfway through, I noticed I can't even recreate them, because the custom colors button is gone on all the clothing options!
Which makes me real sad, because I can't play my trusty Orc companion anymore without mismatching colors.

Is the removal of the color picker intentional? And why were my skins deleted in the first place?

I've provided visuals of the before and after updates and the colorpicker I'm talking about.

Thank you for the read!