Black license plates with white letters and numbers. Their ubiquity has a lot of Coloradans wondering, as part of CPR’s Colorado Wonders series, what’s up with them — and where can I get one?

“Are they a legal plate?” she asked. A: The DMV does not currently produce a license plate that is black and white. So, there are a couple of possibilities here.

Want more characters? Make a chicken and lamb, too. To make: Cut 2/3 to 3/4 off a paper plate. Cut ears from white and pink craft paper and glue to the back of the plate along the top rounded edge.