NGC 4472. Top: azimuthally averaged light profiles in the g (blue) and i (red) bands. Bottom: (g − i) color profile in the region (a> 2 arcsec) unaffected by differential seeing. The red dots trace the (B − V) profile published by Mihos et al. (2013) shifted by +0.25 mag, measured in the regions of high S/N for both datasets. The comparison supports the blueward gradient that we found for a/a_e> 4, although with very large errors.