Yep. Cydonia was dealt with.

There was another questioner who had his heart in the right place, but he was absolutely manic, and a bit paranoid. He was talking about combining the data from one instrument on one orbiter with various instruments on various other orbiters, as if he had thought of the idea himself. His implication was that we should know more about Mars than we do, because we have not made good use of the data at hand. Had I been the presenter, I might have been tempted to say something like: "Nope. It never occurred to us to combine MOLA and THEMIS data."

As to the release of color, no, it did not come up. Though, my take on it is that they are still in a (painfully extended) calibration period.

The lecturer was an elecrical engineer, by background, and he deferred on some questions as being outside his expertise. He did not cover detailed geology or anything in depth about the various sensors themselves. He was much more detailed concerning things like navigation and operations.