Color-magnitude diagram illustrating the parent sample: in purple we show the sources that respect the color-magnitude criterion, and black edges denote the parent sample, respecting z > 2.5. In red, we show the color-magnitude selection for the red color of LRDs F277W – F444W > 1.5 used in Akins et al. (2025b), having a z_median ≈ 6.5. Red and purple contours represent all CEERS sources at 25%, 50% and 80% levels shown for F150W-F356W.