Symbol editing mode assigns whatever layer color it wants

A very frustrating issue with using symbols is once you enter symbol editing mode, it seems to assign whatever layer color it wants, ignoring the layer color in the layer options panel. You can set it while in symbol editing mode, but it reverts back as soon as the symbol editing mode is closed. When illustrator arbitrarily assigns a color like black or yellow as a layer color when in object editing mode, it makes it very difficult to see paths that you're editing. Any workaround or scripts for this oversight?