The Colorado Department of Motor Vehicles sells a blue plate based on the 1914 license plate, a red plate that’s a replica of the 1915 one, and the “Greenie” plate that was used from 1962-1999.

SALT LAKE CITY — It is the trendiest thing at the DMV. Utah's new black and white license plate is so popular, there is now a six to eight week waitlist to get one. "People love it!" Utah State ...

The retro black background plate is based on the 1945 Colorado license plate. The blue background plate is based on the state's 1914 plate and the red from its 1915 plate.

Two years ago, we spoke to Marc Briggs\u00a0\u2014\u00a0a car owner frustrated he could not get a Utah specialty plate with a retro black look for his pickup truck.

If I can’t have all the above, I’ll take my Colorado black plate and give something to the people behind me to look at on my own car, which is hopefully more interesting than the phone in ...

Utah's black license plate may be a little too popular as a new bill seeks to take some of the sales for the license plate and put it in the state's general fund. Watch Now .

But when he saw Utah's black and white historic plate, it just felt right. "I mean, I've got this gray and black vehicle, and so I just thought, 'Oh, that will look really cool,'" Nilson said.

The black plate with yellow lettering — used in the 1960s — was the first plate to meet the minimum 7,500 preorders by a Jan. 1 deadline. That means the DMV can move forward on processing ...

The yellow "50s" plate indicated on the pre-order form is assumed to be after 1955 to 1962. If you want to know more, there is a handy grid of plate dates and numbers at California License Plate Data.