Left panel: fit “à la Robitaille”, through the spectral energy distribution (SED) of V1184 Tau in the high-state. The filled circles show the input fluxes, while triangles are 3σ upper limits. The black line shows the best fit, and the gray lines show four subsequent good fits. The dashed line shows the stellar photosphere corresponding to the central source of the best-fitting model (considering the interstellar extinction). Right panel: as in the left panel for the low state.