Density distributions of the total stellar mass M_⋆ in solar units M_⊙ (left-hand side panels), mean stellar age ⟨log t_⋆⟩ in years (centred panels) and mean stellar metallicity log⟨Z_⋆⟩ in solar units (right-hand side panels). Red, blue and black lines represent results from STARLIGHT and FADO in ‘full-consistency mode’ (FCmode) and ‘purely stellar mode’ (STmode), respectively. Moreover, top and bottom row panels in each section represent results for the Star-Forming (SFS) and Intensively Star-Forming Samples (ISFS), respectively.