from lxml import etree document = etree.parse("regression-2602_output.svg") parent = document.find('{http://www.w3.org/2000/svg}g[@id="parent"]') paths = parent.findall('{http://www.w3.org/2000/svg}path') assert parent.attrib.get("style") == "fill:#0000ff" assert paths[0].attrib.get("style") == "fill:#ff0000" assert paths[1].attrib.get("style") is None