Hi, i hope everyone here in the forum is doing well and staying safe. I am working on an SVG image. While I am able to ungroup the image into smaller objects and change some colors not all of the objects are allowing me to change the color. I have attached the SVG image. Can I get some advice on how to change the color on the funnel right side. as well as the gold side of the coins in the image? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Maybe there is a tutorial you can recommend that explains the right way to do it.  

It's simpler than you think. You can create a new layer in Inkscape. 

Keep clicking the funnel until its bounding box is shown.

In this case the funnel is made of many components, you can shift click as many as you can see, then right click and choose 'move to layer'. 

Move then to your new layer. Toggle the visibility of the new layer, that will show you any remaining pieces you have missed in the original image.

Repeat moving those pieces to the layer you made.

Now the funnel is in a new layer you can group it.

Then select the group and choose Filters > colour > colourise

This will colour the funnel without losing the shading effect. 

Copy the funnel, hide the layer and go back to the original layer, use Edit> Paste in place. 

Now you have a coloured funnel and a spare funnel in the upper layer if you want to do it again.