\begin{table}%t5 \caption{\label{table.colour}Coefficients and range of applicability of the \teffo:colour--[Fe/H] calibrations.} %\centerline { \small\begin{tabular}{lccrrrrrrrr} \hline \hline Colour & Colour range & [Fe/H] range & $b_0$ & $b_1$ & $b_2$ & $b_3$ & $b_4$ & $b_5$ & N$^{a}$ & $\sigma_{T_{\rm eff}}({\rm K})^{b}$ \\ \hline \multicolumn{11}{c}{Dwarf stars} \\ $B-V$ & [0.2,~1.3] & [--3.5,~0.5] & 0.5725 & 0.4722 & 0.0086 & --0.0628 & --0.0038 & --0.0051 & 418 & 76\\ $V-R$ & [0.2,~0.8] & [--3.1,~0.3] & 0.4451 & 1.4561 & --0.6893 & --0.0944 & 0.0161 & --0.0038 & 164 & 45\\ $V-I$ & [0.5,~1.4] & [--3.1,~0.3] & 0.4025 & 0.8324 & --0.2041 & --0.0555 & 0.0410 & --0.0003 & 164 & 52\\ $V-J$ & [0.5,~2.3] & [--3.5,~0.5] & 0.4997 & 0.3504 & --0.0230 & --0.0295 & 0.0468 & 0.0037 & 430 & 36\\ $V-H$ & [0.6,~2.8] & [--3.5,~0.5] & 0.5341 & 0.2517 & --0.0100 & --0.0236 & 0.0523 & 0.0044 & 426 & 30\\ $V-K_{\rm s}$ & [0.7,~3.0] & [--3.5,~0.5] & 0.5201 & 0.2511 & --0.0118 & --0.0186 & 0.0408 & 0.0033 & 431 & 32\\ $J-K_{\rm s}$ & [0.1,~0.8] & [--3.5,~0.5] & 0.6524 & 0.5813 & 0.1225 & --0.0646 & 0.0370 & 0.0016 & 436 & 139\\ \hline \multicolumn{11}{c}{Giant stars} \\ $B-V$ & [0.3,~1.4] & [--4.0,~0.2] & 0.4967 & 0.7260 & --0.1563 & 0.0255 & --0.0585 & --0.0061 & 120 & 57\\ $V-R$ & [0.3,~0.7] & [--4.0,~0.1] & 0.4530 & 1.4347 & --0.5883 & --0.0156 & --0.0096 & --0.0039 & 55 & 85\\ $V-J$ & [1.0,~2.4] & [--4.0,~0.2] & 0.4629 & 0.4124 & --0.0417 & --0.0012 & 0.0094 & 0.0013 & 138 & 18\\ $V-H$ & [0.8,~3.1] & [--4.0,~0.2] & 0.5321 & 0.2649 & --0.0146 & --0.0069 & 0.0211 & 0.0009 & 144 & 23\\ $V-K_{\rm s}$ & [1.1,~3.4] & [--4.0,~0.2] & 0.5293 & 0.2489 & --0.0119 & --0.0042 & 0.0135 & 0.0010 & 145 & 23\\ $J-K_{\rm s}$ & [0.1,~0.9] & [--4.0,~0.2] & 0.6517 & 0.6312 & 0.0168 & --0.0381 & 0.0256 & 0.0013 & 145 & 94\\ \hline \end{tabular}} \medskip $^{a}$ The remaining number of stars after several iterations (usually less than 20) of the 2.5$\sigma$ clipping. $^{b}$ $\sigma_{T_{\rm eff}}$, given in K, is the standard deviation of the final calibrations. \end{table}