They could've made exterior door handles that look exactly the same as they currently do, but without adding all this additional fragile complexity: put them on a pivot, so you press one end and the other pops up so you can pull on it...

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61xdWAXl2ML.jpg

...no electricity required to operate those.

door handles that are "difficult to identify and operate because their colour is similar to the interior trim".

Except for those which still have chromed handles, I think this is the case for the majority of cars. It's not the colour that's the problem.