What are you talking about? What stops you from writing the following code?
sf::Color color;
color.r = 45;
http://www.sfml-dev.org/documentation/2.1/classsf_1_1Color.php
sf::Color myColor(0,1,2);
// Later ...
color.r = 255,
color.g = 45;
color.b = 42;
// Later ...
Uint8 red = color.r;
You can set and get individual color very well
Edit: zsbzsb was faster :p