Did you try "unlink clone"? Selecting the clones you want to recolor and then doing edit->clone->unlink clone should allow you to recolor at will. Unfortunately, doing that resets the fill an all of the objects I used to make the buildings (about 10 to 15, depending on which building it i...

I discovered one of the things that was causing me problems using clones. I was making clones of clones, rather than just duplicating the clones. End result, once I set a fill on the first clone, all of the clones based on it afterward no longer accepted a new fill color. I have gone back and replac...

One thing I'd like to get working is the ability to color each building differently. They are all clones of a set of 9 different base buildings. I'm going to look into using the "unset" fill mode on the originals today.

This is a map of a somewhat medieval style city for my play by post Dungeons and Dragons game. I've been learning Inkscape with it, and this is the product of about 4 to 6 hours of actual work.