Selection of MCPS counterparts (red rectangle) compared to the distribution of MCPS entries matched with the Gaia proper motion selection for the LMC (colour mesh; found by matching the MCPS catalogue with Gaia proper motion selection). The colour scale gives the number of sources in each colour-magnitude bin. The bin sizes are 0.01 mag and 0.02 mag for B−V and V, respectively. Data points show the MCPS counterparts of all objects in our catalogue grouped by their confidence classes. Note that #11 was not used for defining the selection criterion, because the absence of I-band and U-band measurements in the MCPS catalogue indicates a possible measurement error. We include objects #48 and #49 in our selection because our criterion allows objects to be considered as long as they fall within the selection region when accounting for uncertainties. Objects #38 and #47 are considered candidates because their VMC counterparts meet the VMC selection criteria described in Sect. 3.1.3.