Bug: Animated material color always returns default value.

I use Mecanim animation system to animate material color of Renderer and always get default value of color in script despite the color changes at runtime. The same doesn't apply to other properties.
If I set Loop Time and Write Defaults to false, I will get a value of color set back to default after animation completes.
How can I get current color? The only way I know to get color is to use "curve.Evaluate(normalizedTime);".

The code I use to get material color:

Code (CSharp):

1. Debug.Log(GetComponent<Renderer>().material.color.ToString());

Reproduce:
1. Create a cube.
2. Create material.
3. Set the material to the cube.
4. Go to Window/Animation.
5. Click "Create" button.
6. Set curves to animate from white color to red color by duration of 1 second.
7. Don't change other properties of the animation. "Loop Time" is true. "Write Defaults" is true.
8. Write script to return a value of material color at runtime, when you press a button.
9. Play the game.
10. You see the color of the cube changes from white to red and the animation starts again every time.
11. Press a button many times and you will always get the same default value - white color.

Mentions of it in other threads:
https://forum.unity3d.com/threads/4-3-material-color-animation-broken.212400/
https://forum.unity3d.com/threads/write-defaults-confusion-bug.392058/

 

I edited my question.

 

No, it is same.

 

I'm still experiencing this exact bug 5 years later. Was there ever a fix or a workaround?