# Colorado's black license plate now tops all other specialty plates combined **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [January 16, 2026, 12:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/colorados-black-license-plate-now-tops-all-other-specialty-plates-combined/204846 "2026-01-16T00:00:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Robert-Gift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/robert-gift/32/356_2.png) [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 12:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/colorados-black-license-plate-now-tops-all-other-specialty-plates-combined/204846/1 "2026-01-16T00:00:03Z")
[https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/colorado-news/colorados-black-license-plate-tops-all-other-specialty-plates/73-d8589f19-25bb-4bfd-99c0-1347bae686b3?tbref=hp](https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/colorado-news/colorados-black-license-plate-tops-all-other-specialty-plates/73-d8589f19-25bb-4bfd-99c0-1347bae686b3?tbref=hp) ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 2:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/colorados-black-license-plate-now-tops-all-other-specialty-plates-combined/204846/2 "2026-01-16T02:57:57Z")
Minnesota did that a while back. Sold the idea as historical plates. Amazed at the number of people that like them and pay extra. Now I cant tell the Iowa cars on the road. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/colorados-black-license-plate-now-tops-all-other-specialty-plates-combined/204846/3 "2026-01-16T15:41:07Z")
Meh, If gold on black, maybe. I do pay extra for my specialty plates. Florida has hundreds of license plate options, including three standard designs (Sunshine State, In g o d We Trust, County Name) and over 180-200 specialty plates. I would consider the In g o d plate if it had a choice of g o d pictures. ![IMG_2796](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/5/0/50ed76e54002774f21a9936110164926206039bd.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 6:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/colorados-black-license-plate-now-tops-all-other-specialty-plates-combined/204846/4 "2026-01-16T18:40:58Z")
For some reason my son has always been a cubs fan. When they won the World Series he got a plate saying such. It didn’t go over very well in Ohio but like they say, if you can’t take a joke . . . ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/colorados-black-license-plate-now-tops-all-other-specialty-plates-combined/204846/5 "2026-01-16T18:46:05Z")
Saw aU of Miami plate. It too is white on black. \*\* ![IMG_0010](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/2/6/26ffa304318279b6a176e4af3a1526a419699ec1.jpeg) \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Robert-Gift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/robert-gift/32/356_2.png) [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/colorados-black-license-plate-now-tops-all-other-specialty-plates-combined/204846/6 "2026-01-16T20:38:40Z")
If U of Miami, it should be [**U Simple**] (My good friend gradiated U of Miami.) ---
**Author:** ![Old-Days-Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7feea3/32.png) [@Old-Days-Rick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Old-Days-Rick)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 8:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/colorados-black-license-plate-now-tops-all-other-specialty-plates-combined/204846/7 "2026-01-16T20:55:17Z")
Indiana recently got the blacked out plates as a specialty option. I see quite a few of them amd they do look really sharp on certain cars. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 9:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/colorados-black-license-plate-now-tops-all-other-specialty-plates-combined/204846/8 "2026-01-16T21:32:39Z")
Oh well, I consider Harvard a ‘safety school’🤣 ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/colorados-black-license-plate-now-tops-all-other-specialty-plates-combined/204846/9 "2026-01-16T22:08:07Z")
I wonder why “safety” isn’t blacked out? I guess I’m just old enough to remember but guess the kids don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 11:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/colorados-black-license-plate-now-tops-all-other-specialty-plates-combined/204846/10 "2026-01-16T23:48:04Z")
TN offers a specialty black license plate, might look good against my blacked out red truck, but meh, I ain’t paying extra for one… ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2026, 1:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/colorados-black-license-plate-now-tops-all-other-specialty-plates-combined/204846/11 "2026-01-17T01:25:37Z")
When I was about nine, my job was to change out the old plsres. Always in January. And th3 stove bolts were alwas rusted. Most of the plates were white but seems to my one was yellow. Not a fun job and before plastic bolts and never sieze. Then they went to metal tabs which were easier. Just one bolt. Finally the stick on tabs. The best adhesive was the 3m brand but to save money switched to cheaper adhesive. A few years ago I put the stickers on and went through the car wash. It blew the stickers off. I went back to the dmv office and h3 gave me new ones but said they couldn’t stand up to a car wash. Now I use the heat gun on the things. Looked it up. 1950 was black. Before that gray and orange. So to be really hitorical they should have gone with orange plates but no one would buy them. ---
**Author:** ![Robert-Gift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/robert-gift/32/356_2.png) [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2026, 4:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/colorados-black-license-plate-now-tops-all-other-specialty-plates-combined/204846/12 "2026-01-17T04:13:29Z")
> [@davesmopar](#): > > _TN offers a specialty black license plate, might look good against my blacked out red truck, but meh, I ain’t paying extra for one…_ Would not be bad if just one initial charge. But they chargextra everyear even though it is the same plate from year to year. ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2026, 8:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/colorados-black-license-plate-now-tops-all-other-specialty-plates-combined/204846/13 "2026-01-17T08:25:04Z")
For WA it’s about $200+ for the black plates the 1st yr. Then an extra fee for renewal just like the other plates. If you really like the look. Still pennies compared to uk specialized plates. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2026, 12:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/colorados-black-license-plate-now-tops-all-other-specialty-plates-combined/204846/14 "2026-01-17T12:39:11Z")
I don’t know of any other meaning for the word safety for it to be blacked out. ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2026, 1:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/colorados-black-license-plate-now-tops-all-other-specialty-plates-combined/204846/15 "2026-01-17T13:49:16Z")
> [@bing](#): > > orange plates but no one would buy them. I just checked, TN gas 210 different license plates available, with all kinds of different colors… [https://www.tn.gov/revenue/title-and-registration/license-plates/available-license-plates.html](https://www.tn.gov/revenue/title-and-registration/license-plates/available-license-plates.html) ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/colorados-black-license-plate-now-tops-all-other-specialty-plates-combined/204846/16 "2026-01-17T15:43:23Z")
> [@davesmopar](#): > > TN gas 210 different license plates available NJ has “only” 17 specialized plates available. As with many other states, there is an additional annual fee, over and above the initial fee. > **[NJ MVC | Dedicated Plates](https://www.nj.gov/mvc/vehicles/dedicated.htm)** > > The official website of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission. Support your favorite cause by ordering dedicated, i.e., special interest, license plates. _There is an initial $50 fee and a $10 annual renewal, with two exceptions: USS New Jersey Battleship is a $15 annual renewal fee; Agriculture is an initial $20 fee with no annual renewal._ _In addition, you can personalize your special interest plates with up to five characters for an initial $100 fee plus the annual renewal fee._ ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2026, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/colorados-black-license-plate-now-tops-all-other-specialty-plates-combined/204846/17 "2026-01-17T18:05:04Z")
> [@VDCdriver](#): > > there is an additional annual fee For the basic plates, the Annual fee: $26.50; $56.50 with personalization, we have 2 basic plates, one with In G.o.d We Trust and the other one without In G.o.d We Trust, I have the with on all our plates.. The other 208 specialty plates Annual fee: $61.50.. The standard/basic plate annual fee of $26.50 is included in the yearly tags renewal (somewhere)… County fees are dependent of that county… **Leased Vehicle Fee:** $0.00 **Registration Fee:** $29.00 **County Wheel Tax:** $51.00 **City Wheel Tax:** $0.00 **Mailing Fee:** $2.00 **Processing Fee:** $1.89 **Online Fee:** $2.00 **Total Amount:** $ 85.89 Dads personalized plates seems like I last paid around $125 yearly, IIRC ---
**Author:** ![Robert-Gift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/robert-gift/32/356_2.png) [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2026, 5:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/colorados-black-license-plate-now-tops-all-other-specialty-plates-combined/204846/18 "2026-01-18T17:34:08Z")
We do not use a personalized license plate not only because we are cheap, but also thathe plate number is more difficult to read or remember - in case someone perceives an affront by our driving. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2026, 7:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/colorados-black-license-plate-now-tops-all-other-specialty-plates-combined/204846/19 "2026-01-18T19:14:29Z")
You think black on pale green is more difficult to read? ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2026, 8:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/colorados-black-license-plate-now-tops-all-other-specialty-plates-combined/204846/20 "2026-01-18T20:06:32Z")
I used to be able to spot plates from a quarter mile away. Wis was yellow, Iowa was black, col was green, sd had the faces on the plates, etc. now you can’t tell till you are right up on them. Iowa still has a tendency to drive in the left lane mile after mile So that’s a clue. [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/colorados-black-license-plate-now-tops-all-other-specialty-plates-combined/204846.md?page=2)