ΔMB and MB versus ages in the centre, at 1 Re and at 2 Re of the bulge, using different metallicity indicators (Mgb, 〈Fe〉 and [MgFe]′). BC03 predictions of fading versus age are plotted for the ‘truncation’ (solid line) and ‘starburst’ (dotted line) models described in Section 3.1.2. Dashed horizontal lines represent the B-band TFR of spirals from Tully & Pierce (2000). The error bar in the upper left corner of each panel shows the median error. Dots with arrows indicate upper limits in ΔMB. For ESO 358−G059 (dot with arrow of smaller shift) we replot the results at 1 Re in the column corresponding to 2 Re.