Breaking polygons into paths in Inkscape

Is there anyway to break up a polygon into paths? Actually what I want to do is to change the colour and dash of certain sides of the polygon, but that seems like the straight forward way. I can't seem to make this work. I know I could draw the polygon from scratch but that seems tedious given that there exists a polygon drawing tool...

Answer

Indeed, it does require a few steps:

1. Select the polygon


2. Execute the menu command Paths->Object to path


3. Select the Node tool (F2)


4. Select the polygon's nodes at the vertices with Shift + click


5. Click on the "Break path at selected nodes" button


6. execute the menu command Path->break Apart (ctrl + shift + k)

There you are, just unselect the objects, and you can now select the lines individually. You probably will want to make use of Objects->group to stick the lines together in the polygon after you are done.