Rest-frame M_NUV − M_r vs. M_r − M_J color–color diagram of the galaxies in the final spectral sample that satisfy the stellar mass, redshift, and M_NUV − M_r limits given in the top left as well as the observed-frame NIR photometric cuts mentioned in Sect. 2.4. A color bar on the bottom right indicates the color that corresponds to the number of galaxies in each two-dimensional bin. The black lines delineate color-color regions that are inhabited by quiescent (top left) and star-forming (bottom) galaxies adopted from regions defined for a sample in a similar redshift in Lemaux et al. (2014b). The sample shown here is primarily composed of star-forming galaxies containing low to moderate amounts of dust.