\begin{table}%t8 \caption{Mean colour gradients for the subtypes of ellipticals, respectively $di$E and $bo$E. The $un$E are always intermediate. The S0 NGC~5866 was rejected. \label{tab8}} %\centerline {\begin{tabular}{lllll} \hline \hline Subtype&Grad. & $N$ & Mean & Sigma \\ \hline $di$E&$\Delta_{UB}$& 12& $-0.167\pm .012$& .042 \\ $bo$E&$\Delta_{UB}$& 13& $-0.144\pm .007$& .025 \\ $di$E&$\Delta_{BV}$& 20& $-0.072\pm .004$& .020 \\ $bo$E&$\Delta_{BV}$& 14& $-0.057\pm .004$& .015 \\ $di$E&$\Delta_{BR}$& 12& $-0.089\pm .008$& .028 \\ $bo$E&$\Delta_{BR}$& 13& $-0.072\pm .005$& .019 \\ $di$E&$\Delta_{VI}$& 17& $-0.081\pm .010$& .041 \\ $bo$E&$\Delta_{VI}$& 13& $-0.038\pm .005$& .019 \\ $di$E&$\Delta_{VJ}$& 19& $-0.166\pm .023$& .100 \\ $bo$E&$\Delta_{VJ}$& 14& $-0.105\pm .017$& .064 \\ $di$E&$\Delta_{VK}$& 19& $-0.262\pm .028$& .121 \\ $bo$E&$\Delta_{VK}$& 14& $-0.187\pm .022$& .081 \\ $di$E&$\Delta_{JK}$& 20& $-0.104\pm .007$& .031 \\ $bo$E&$\Delta_{JK}$& 14& $-0.076\pm .007$& .028 \\ \hline \end{tabular}} \par \smallskip (1) Subtype; (2) gradient; (3) number of cases; (4) mean; (5) standard deviation. \end{table}