Degeneracy direction of σ₈ and Ω_m for a CCOSEBIs analysis of the KiDS-like data. The colours in the image show the value of the CCOSEBIs E_σ8 mode, in comparison to dashed lines of constant Σ₈ = σ₈(Ω_m/0.3)^α with α = 0.65. The repeating color scheme was chosen to capture the variations in the values of E_σ8. The lower left corner has the smallest value of E_σ8 which gradually increases, perpendicular to the dashed curves, towards the upper right corner.