Colour-magnitude diagrams of individual VMC Magellanic Bridge tiles. Stars are shown in black, while sources classified as galaxies are shown in red. Real background galaxies mainly occupy colours J − K_s > 1 mag and are not shown here to emphasise stellar features, while extended objects with J − K_s < 1 mag are probably the result of stellar blends. Stars associated with the LMC can be seen on the left side (e.g. tile BRI 2_9), while stars on the right, especially in tile BRI 1_2, are associated with the SMC. The prominent features (B) at J − K_s ∼ 0.4 mag and (D) at J − K_s ∼ 0.7 mag in each panel are caused by MW foreground stars. The majority of stars associated with the MCs can be found at J − K_s ∼ 0.5 mag.