Table 1: Populations of the "normal'' Es ( Nop subsample). The correlations between the central velocity dispersion and the various colour-indices are given in the form y=px+y0, where $x=\log \sigma_0$ (1) Index; (2) Number of objects (not taking into account the 1 to 3 rejected by the least squares routine); (3) Mean value $C_{\rm m}$ (4) Slope p; (5) Intercept y₀; (6) Standard deviation $\sigma$ ; (7) Coefficient of correlation $\rho$ .
Index N $C_{\rm m}$ p y₀ $\sigma$ $\rho$

V-J 74 2.341 $0.604\pm.068$ $+0.932\pm.007$ .060 0.73

V-K 73 3.263 $0.780\pm.076$ $+1.441\pm.008$ .071 0.74

J-H 75 0.692 $0.075\pm.018$ $+0.517\pm.002$ .017 0.44

J-K 73 0.921 $0.172\pm.019$ $+0.520\pm.002$ .018 0.72

H-K 71 0.230 $0.084\pm.014$ $+0.035\pm.001$ .013 0.57

**Table 1:** Populations of the "normal'' Es ( *Nop* subsample). The correlations between the central velocity dispersion and the various colour-indices are given in the form y=px+y0, where $x=\log \sigma_0$ (1) Index; (2) Number of objects (not taking into account the 1 to 3 rejected by the least squares routine); (3) Mean value $C_{\rm m}$ (4) Slope p; (5) Intercept y₀; (6) Standard deviation $\sigma$ ; (7) Coefficient of correlation $\rho$ .
Index	N	$C_{\rm m}$	p	y₀	$\sigma$	$\rho$
V-J	74	2.341	$0.604\pm.068$	$+0.932\pm.007$	.060	0.73
V-K	73	3.263	$0.780\pm.076$	$+1.441\pm.008$	.071	0.74
J-H	75	0.692	$0.075\pm.018$	$+0.517\pm.002$	.017	0.44
J-K	73	0.921	$0.172\pm.019$	$+0.520\pm.002$	.018	0.72
H-K	71	0.230	$0.084\pm.014$	$+0.035\pm.001$	.013	0.57

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	1 Introduction
	2 The sample and the new data
	3 The relations of the VJHK colours with the velocity dispersion
	4 Concluding discussion
	References