Eye dropper / Selecting color from within a group

I am having an issue using the Eye Dropper tool, when editing inside a group. When entering a group, Illustrator fades the other items not within the current group. This is handy for visualization purposes, but it should be only that. Why then does the Eye Dropper tool pick the faded color when selecting other objects outside of the current group? It should understand that the faded color is only faded to aid the user. The eye dropper should pick the "actual" color still outside of the group. I am sure that's the way it used to work and it changed somewhere along the way. This is a bug, right? I'm on version 28.7.1