diff --git a/src/nodes/QskFillNode.cpp b/src/nodes/QskFillNode.cpp
index bdb6ddc5..08930df3 100644
--- a/src/nodes/QskFillNode.cpp
+++ b/src/nodes/QskFillNode.cpp
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ void QskFillNode::setColoring( Coloring coloring )
 
 QskFillNode::Coloring QskFillNode::coloring() const
 {
-    return d_func()->coloring;
+    return static_cast< QskFillNode::Coloring >( d_func()->coloring );
 }
 
 void QskFillNode::setColoring( const QColor& color )
@@ -147,7 +147,34 @@ void QskFillNode::setColoring( const QRectF& rect, const QskGradient& gradient )
     }
 }
 
+void QskFillNode::setHint( Hint hint, bool on )
+{
+    Q_D( QskFillNode );
+
+    if ( on )
+        d->hints |= hint;
+    else
+        d->hints &= ~hint;
+}
+
+void QskFillNode::setHints( Hints hints )
+{
+    d_func()->hints = hints;
+}
+
+QskFillNode::Hints QskFillNode::hints() const
+{
+    return static_cast< QskFillNode::Hints >( d_func()->hints );
+}
+
+bool QskFillNode::hasHint( Hint hint ) const
+{
+    return d_func()->hints & hint;
+}
+
 bool QskFillNode::isGeometryColored() const
 {
     return d_func()->geometry.attributeCount() != 1;
 }
+
+#include "moc_QskFillNode.cpp"
diff --git a/src/nodes/QskFillNode.h b/src/nodes/QskFillNode.h
index a2d7abac..2630bb0b 100644
--- a/src/nodes/QskFillNode.h
+++ b/src/nodes/QskFillNode.h
@@ -8,12 +8,15 @@
 
 #include "QskGlobal.h"
 #include <qsgnode.h>
+#include <qcolor.h>
 
 class QskFillNodePrivate;
 class QskGradient;
 
 class QSK_EXPORT QskFillNode : public QSGGeometryNode
 {
+    Q_GADGET
+
     using Inherited = QSGGeometryNode;
 
   public:
@@ -27,6 +30,28 @@ class QSK_EXPORT QskFillNode : public QSGGeometryNode
         Conic
     };
 
+    enum Hint
+    {
+        /*
+            Colors might be defined in the material ( QskGradientMaterial,
+            QSGFlatColorMaterial ) or attached to each point ( QSGVertexColorMaterial ).
+
+            The main advantage of using colored points is, that the material becomes
+            independent of the coloring and the scene graph is able to batch the nodes
+            ( https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qtquick-visualcanvas-scenegraph.html ).
+
+            However adding the color information for each point increases the memory
+            footprint.
+
+            The default setting is to use colored points where possible. Note, that
+            this is what is also done in the Qt/Quick code.
+         */
+        PreferColoredGeometry = 1
+    };
+
+    Q_ENUM( Hint )
+    Q_DECLARE_FLAGS( Hints, Hint )
+
     QskFillNode();
     ~QskFillNode() override;
 
@@ -35,11 +60,20 @@ class QSK_EXPORT QskFillNode : public QSGGeometryNode
     void setColoring( Coloring );
     Coloring coloring() const;
 
+    void setColoring( QRgb );
     void setColoring( const QColor& );
+    void setColoring( Qt::GlobalColor );
+
     void setColoring( const QRectF&, const QskGradient& );
 
     bool isGeometryColored() const;
 
+    void setHints( Hints );
+    Hints hints() const;
+
+    void setHint( Hint, bool on = true );
+    bool hasHint( Hint ) const;
+
   protected:
     QskFillNode( QskFillNodePrivate& );
 
@@ -47,4 +81,14 @@ class QSK_EXPORT QskFillNode : public QSGGeometryNode
     Q_DECLARE_PRIVATE( QskFillNode )
 };
 
+inline void QskFillNode::setColoring( QRgb rgb )
+{
+    setColoring( QColor::fromRgba( rgb ) );
+}
+
+inline void QskFillNode::setColoring( Qt::GlobalColor color )
+{
+    setColoring( QColor( color ) );
+}
+
 #endif
diff --git a/src/nodes/QskFillNodePrivate.h b/src/nodes/QskFillNodePrivate.h
index 2da5784b..93b48a35 100644
--- a/src/nodes/QskFillNodePrivate.h
+++ b/src/nodes/QskFillNodePrivate.h
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ class QskFillNodePrivate : public QSGGeometryNodePrivate
   public:
     inline QskFillNodePrivate()
         : geometry( QSGGeometry::defaultAttributes_ColoredPoint2D(), 0 )
+        , coloring( QskFillNode::Polychrome )
+        , hints( QskFillNode::PreferColoredGeometry )
     {
     }
 
@@ -26,7 +28,9 @@ class QskFillNodePrivate : public QSGGeometryNodePrivate
     friend class QskFillNode;
 
     QSGGeometry geometry;
-    QskFillNode::Coloring coloring = QskFillNode::Polychrome;
+
+    uint coloring : 5;
+    uint hints : 3;
 };
 
 #endif