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Arizona: Colors

COLORS   Copper 1932-34.
1914   White/Blue                       1931   Black/Orange
1915   Black/Cream                      1932   White/Copper
1916   Black/Copper                     1933   Copper/Black
1917   White/Black                      1934   Copper/Light Blue
1918   Blue/Olive-Gray                  1935   Black/Copper
1919   White/Black                      1936   Black/Copper
1920   Black/White                      1937   Black/Copper
1921   White/Black                      1938   Black/Yellow
1922   Green/White                      1939   Black/Copper
1923   Blue/White                       1940   Blue/White
1924   White/Dark Blue                  1941   Black/Copper
1925   Black/Copper                     1942   Black/White
1926   Black/White                      1945   Black/White
1927   Black/Copper                     1947   Red/Aluminum
1928   Red/Copper                       1948   Black/Aluminum
1929   Orange/Black                     1949   Green/Aluminum
1930   Black/White

WINDSHIELD STICKERS   
Black Serial 1943, 1946.  Red Serial 1944.
1943   Black/White & Yellow
1944   Black & Red/White, Yellow, Tan & Green
1946   Black/Green, White & Tan

BASEPLATES
1950-51, 1954-55   Black/White         1966-68  FR  Black/White
1952-53, 1956-58   White/Black         1969-72  FR  Black/Yellow
1959-60            White/Blue          1973-80  FR  Green/Copper
1961-63            Blue/White          1980-98  PR  White/Maroon
1964-65            White/Blue

1993-95   ENVIRONMENTAL TYPE 1
          FR  Yellow & Turquoise/Magenta & Purple
1995-2011 ENVIRONMENTAL TYPE 2
          FR  Black, Yellow & Turquoise/Magenta & Lavender
1997-2024 DESERT SCAPE
          FR  Dark Green/White, Light Turquoise, Yellow & Maroon

TABS
1951   Black/Aluminum
1953   Yellow/Black
1955   Black/Aluminum

All plates aluminum 1964-present except 1990-91 Type 12.


PLATE STICKER COLORS   All are Fully Reflective.
Colored Serial 1957-72, 2008-21.  Black Serial 1974-2008.
Location:  1957-71 UR, 1972 UL, 1974-77 UR, 1978-92 LR.
Emissions test stickers required in Maricopa and Pima counties
in 1989-2009, with different color combinations used.
1999-2000 non-test stickers have last digit of year inside box.

1957, 1960, 1965   Black/White
1958, 1962         Black/Red
            1967   Black/Green
      1963, 1968   Black/Yellow

1970   Green/White       1980   White/Green
1971   White/Black       1981   Red/White
1972   Red/White         1982   White/Black
1974   White/Green       1983   Blue/White
1975   White/Blue        1984   Orange/White
1976   White/Red         1985   White/Green
1977   Black/White       1986   Black/Yellow
1978   White/Blue        1987   White/Black
1979   Black/Yellow      1988   Blue/White

       EMISSIONS TEST         NO TEST
1989   White/Red              White/Blue
1990   White/Green            White/Orange
1991   Black/Gold             Black/White
1992   White/Blue             White/Red
1993   White/Black            White/Green
1994   White/Orange           Orange/White
1995   Black/Magenta          Black/Gold
1996   White/Red              White/Blue
1997   Green/White            White/Green
1998   White/Brown            White/Black
1999   White/Tan              White/Orange
2000   White/Light Blue       Red/White
2001   White/Green            Green/White
2002   Black/Yellow           Yellow/Black
2003   Brown/White            White/Brown
2004   White/Blue             Blue/White
2005   White/Orange           Orange/White
2006   Red/Green & White      Green/Red & White
2007   White/Purple           Purple/White
2008   White/Brown            Brown/White
2009   White/Black            Black/White
2010   Black/White            White/Black
 
1975-2010 MONTH  UL  Red/White
 
ALL MONTH/YEAR STICKERS
2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024   Black/White
2008, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023         White/Black