import QtQuick 2.1 import QtGraphicalEffects 1.0 Item { Rectangle { width: 100 height: 100 color: "green" layer { effect: ColorOverlay { color: "red" } enabled: true } } Rectangle { width: 100 height: 100 color: "green" layer { effect: ColorOverlay { color: "blue" } enabled: true } } Component.onCompleted: { print("Children count : " + children.length) for(var i = 0 ; i < children.length; i++) print("|- " ,children[i]) } }