Upper panel: our C-image of NGC 1317, where because of the higher extinction the dust features are much more visible than in the R-image. North is up, east to the left. The scale is valid for both panels. Lower panel: colour map using Washington C and Harris R (Paper I). The dynamical range of the colour wedge is 1.3 < C − R < 2. Blue is dark, red is bright. We note the inner star forming ring, which appears black. The bright features denote dust patterns. Outside the ring, additional young populations are visible as black spots arranged in a ring-like fashion on the eastern side.