NUV−R versus R−K rest-frame colors in the COSMOS field at 0.2 <z< 1.4 and log (M⋆ /M_⊙) > 9.5. An additional term depending on the redshift is added to the NUV−R color in order to keep the same criterion to separate quiescent and star-forming galaxies valid at all redshifts (brown dashed lines). Cyan crosses, orange triangles, green squares and black circles correspond to galaxies with masses at log (M⋆) = 9.5−10, 10−10.5, 10.5−11 and 11−11.5, respectively. The red and blue contours indicate the distribution of the mass selected galaxies (log (M⋆ /M_⊙) > 9.5) with log (sSFR)_SED< −2 and log (sSFR)_SED> −2, respectively.