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Ontario: Colors

COLORS   Wire Flat 1912-16, Flat 1917-20.
1903-05   Silver/Black    (Leather)         1918   Blue/White
1905-10   White/Black     (Rubber)          1919   Black/Gold
1911      White/Dark Blue (Porcelain)       1920   Dark Green/White
1912      Black/White                       1921   Orange/Black
1913      Black/Yellow                      1922   Black/White
1914      Black/Beige                       1923   White/Black
1915      Dark Blue/Light Green             1924   Black/Gold
1916      Black/White                       1925   Yellow/Black
1917      Black/White

1926, 1929, 1932         Black/Gray
1927, 1930,       1934   Black/White
1928, 1931, 1933         Black/Yellow

1935   Black/Orange                             1941   Green/White
1936   White/Black                              1942   Black/Orange
1937   White/Red                                1943   Orange/Black
1938   Orange/Light Blue                        1945   White/Blue
1939   White/Black                              1946   White/Black
1940   Black/Yellow                             1947   Black/Silver

1948,       1953, 1955                     White/Dark Blue
1949, 1951, 1954, 1956                     Dark Blue/White
1950,             1957, 1959, 1961, 1963   White/Black
                  1958, 1960, 1962, 1964   Black/White

1965, 1967, 1969, 1971   White/Blue
1966, 1968, 1970, 1972   Blue/White

BASEPLATES
1973-96   EMBOSSED   Blue/White
1994-2024 GRAPHIC    Blue/White (Fully Reflective)

2020-21   FLAT       White/Blue and Dark Blue

WINDSHIELD STICKERS   Black Serial all years.
1944   Black/Blue, White, Brown, Tan, Red & Green
1952   Black & Red/Gold & Red

PLATE STICKERS   All are Fully Reflective.  Black Serial all years.
                 Underlined stickers have year in black.
                 NOV 84 has black year, DEC 84 has year in white.
                 SEP 2006 marked "SEPT" in error.

1974  Black/Red & White     1977  White/Red       1980  Blue/White
1975  White/Green           1978  White/Blue      1981  White/Green
1976  White/Blue            1979  White/Red       1982  White/Red

    JUN 83, OCT-DEC 84  White/Blue         JUL-SEP 85  White/Blue
JUL-SEP 83, JAN-MAR 85  White/Orange       OCT-DEC 85  White/Red
OCT-DEC 83, APR-JUN 85  White/Green        JAN-MAR 86  White/Blue
JAN-MAR 84              White/Brown        APR-JUN 86  White/Red
APR-JUN 84              White/Black        JUL-SEP 86  White/Black
JUL-SEP 84              White/Red          OCT-DEC 86  White/Green

PLATE STICKER COLORS 1987-95   (1 1/2-year cycle)
JAN-MAR 1987, 1990, 1993,  JUL-SEP 1988, 1991, 1994   White/Red
APR-JUN 1987, 1990, 1993,  OCT-DEC 1988, 1991, 1994   White/Black
JUL-SEP 1987, 1990, 1993,  JAN-MAR 1989, 1992, 1995   Red/White
OCT-DEC 1987, 1990, 1993,  APR-JUN 1989, 1992, 1995   White/Blue
JAN-MAR 1988, 1991, 1994,  JUL-SEP 1989, 1992, 1995   White/Green
APR-JUN 1988, 1991, 1994,  OCT-DEC 1989, 1992, 1995   Blue/White

PLATE STICKER COLORS 1996-2023   (2 1/2-year cycle)
JAN-MAR 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021   Black/White
APR-JUN 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016         Magenta/White
JUL-SEP 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021   White/Green
OCT-DEC 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021   Blue/White
JAN-MAR 1997, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2022   White/Red
APR-JUN 1997, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2022   White/Black
JUL-SEP 1997, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2022   Red/White
OCT-DEC 1997, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2022   White/Blue
JAN-MAR 1998, 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2023   White/Magenta
APR-JUN 1998, 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2023   Green/White

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JUL-SEP 1998, 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2023   Black/White
OCT-DEC 1998, 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2023   Magenta/White
JAN-MAR 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2024   White/Green
APR-JUN 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019         Blue/White
JUL-SEP 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019         White/Red
OCT-DEC 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019         White/Black
JAN-MAR 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020         Red/White
APR-JUN 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020         White/Blue
JUL-SEP 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020         White/Magenta
OCT-DEC 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020         Green/White