
Colombian Private License Plates
Colombian private license plates are short with yellow background.
Unlike Israeli or European plates, Colombian plates do not have a blue band or dot. Israeli plates can also be long.
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Colombian private license plates are short with yellow background.
Unlike Israeli or European plates, Colombian plates do not have a blue band or dot. Israeli plates can also be long.

Type: Private
Shape: Long or Short
Background: Yellow
Text: Black
Additional details: Vertical blue band on the left or blue dot n the center

Italian front license plates are short.
Design: They have blue stripes on both the left and right sides.
Contrast: Albanian plates also have two blue stripes, but they are long.

British private vehicles have white license plates on the front and yellow license plates on the back.
Additional details: Some plates have a blue or green strip on the left side.

Malaysian private license plates are typically long. They feature a Background: Black with Text: White.
On Street View, blurred plates show two white stripes. This is different from some other black plates that show three stripes.

Type: Commercial, taxis and buses
Shape: Short
Background: Green
Text: Black

Type: Private
Shape: Short
Background: Green or white
Text: White or green

Indonesian private license plates come in two main types.
Older plates: Black background with white text.
Newer plates: White background with black text.
On Street View, blurred Indonesian plates show three white stripes. This helps distinguish them from Malaysian plates, which show two white stripes.

Format: Standart licence plate number with city name (Bogota here) under it

Type: Private
Shape: Short
Color: White
Text: Blue text
Additional notes: The old plates have green corner on them also. In 2008 they removed the image from the license plates that had trees, and a monument so it gives a green blur. Newer cars, from 2008 to now have only the by text.

Type: Private or any commercial
Shape: Long
Background: White
Text: Black
Additional details: Light green strip on the top

Type: Commercial, taxi, public transport
Shape: Long or short
Background: White
Text: Black
Additional details: Vertical green band on the left

Former series have the blue band is on the left and the yellow band is on the right
The yellow band was discontinued for new vehicles starting in March 2020 to align with standard EU layouts

Type: Private
Shape: Long or short
Background: White
Text: Black
Additional details: Vertical red strip with a Kyrgyz flag on the left edge

Type: Private
Shape: Long or short
Background: Black
Text: White
Additional details: Old design. Visible fully black or like a big black dot in the center

Type: Commercial
Shape: Long
Background: Red
Text: White
Additional details: In Street view blur the left side is heavily whitened, while the right side stays clean and red.

Type: Commercial
Shape: Long
Background: Green
Text: White
Additional details: A white blur in the center-bottom of the license plate

Format: Standart licence plate number with department name (Caldas here) under it

Type: Commercial (New design)
Shape: Short or long
Background: White with orange stripe on the top
Text: Black

Type: Private
Shape: Long or short
Background: White
Text:*Blue

Type: Private
Shape: Long
Background: White
Text: Black
Additional details: Vertical blue band on the left—identical to most of continental Europe

Private license plates feature red lettering and a blue EU band.
On Google Street View, the blur often gives the plates a distinct reddish tint

Both front and back license plates have a yellow background with a blue EU strip.
Vs. other yellow-plate countries:

Type: Private/Commercial
Shape: Long (Both front and rear) or Square (Rear only sometimes)
Background: White
Text: Black
Additional details: Features a blue EU strip on the left with "IRL" and the 12 stars

Type: Private
Shape: Long or short
Background: White
Text: Black
Additional details: Blue strip on the top

Italian rear license plates are long. They feature blue stripes on both the left and right sides.
Albania and San Marino have identical plates

UAE license plates vary by emirate in their numbering, lettering, and sometimes colour, featuring distinct designs for each of the seven emirates.
Private vehicle plates are typically white

Type: Private
Shape: Long or short
Background: White
Text: Black

Type: Private
Shape: Short
Background: Yellow
Text: Black

Type: Private
Shape: Long
Background: White
Text: Black

Type: Private
Shape: Long or short
Background: White
Text: Black
Additional details: Sometimes with a vertical red band on the left

Type: Private
Shape: Short
Background: White
Text: Black
Additional details: Each state its own design. Front plates required

Type: Private
Shape: Long
Background: Yellow
Text: Black
Additional details: In Street view blur the left side is heavily darkened, while the right side stays clean and yellow.

Type: Private
Shape: Long
Background: White
Text: Black

Type: Private
Shape: Long or short
Background: White
Text: Black
Additional details: Blue strip on the top

Shape: Short
Color: White
Text: Blue text

Type: Private
Shape: Long
Background: White
Text: Black

Type: Private
Shape: Long
Background: Red
Text: White
Additional details: Red background used in Asia only in Bhutan

Type: Private
Shape: Long or short
Background: White
Text: Black
Additional details: The narrow light blue band on the left side is barely visible

Type: Private
Shape: Long or short
Background: White
Text: Black
Additional details: Red strip on the left

Type: Private
Shape: Long and short
Background: White
Text: Black
Additional details: Blue band on the left or on the top

Type: Private
Shape: Short
Background: White
Text: Black
Additional details: Blurred white plates show three white holes

Type: Private
Shape: Short
Background: White
Text: Black

Plate Color: White background with black text.
Size: These New Zealand license plates are shorter than standard European plates. This is a key identifying feature.

Type: Private
Shape: Long or short
Background: White
Text: Black
Additional details: Blue strip on the top

Type: Commercial, Kei cars (small cars)
Shape: Short
Background: Yellow
Text: Black

Type: Private
Shape: Long or short
Background: White
Text: Black
Additional details: Blue strip on the top

Front plates are not mandotory

Modern French license plates are long and feature a blue stripe on both the left and right sides. This design applies to both front and back plates.
Visibility: The right stripe may not be obvious or could be entirely missing on older plates.
Comparison: This style is similar to Italian plates, but Italian front plates are short. Albanian plates also have a long front and rare side with blue stripes.

Type: Private
Shape: Long or short
Background: White
Text: Black with a narrow red band on the left edge - Soyombo emblem
Additional details: Soyombo emblem is unique for Mongolia

Private vehicles have white license plates
Short and long variants are possible

Type: Commercial, buses and taxi
Shape: Long
Background: Yellow
Text: Black

Type: Commercial, taxi and buses
Shape: Long or short
Background: Yellow
Text: Black

Type: Private
Shape: Short
Background: White
Text: Black

Type: Private
Shape: Short
Background: Green
Text: White
Additional details: Dark mark in the center in a street view blur

Type: Commercial
Shape: Long or short
Background: Yellow
Text: Black

Type: Commercial (Taxi)
Shape: Long or short
Background: Yellow
Text: Black

In Bangladesh, motorcycles usually have small, long license plates

Type: Commercial
Shape: Short
Background: Yellow
Text: Black

Type: Commercial
Shape: Short
Background: Black
Text: White
Additional details: White blur is wide on the bottom, narrow on the top of the license plate

Letter T meaning Taxi
Format: 1digit + 1 letter - followed by 4 digits
Region info is hardly visible under the main licence plate info

Half of the states don't require front license plates

Type: Private
Shape: Long
Background: White
Text: Black

Type: Private
Shape: Long or short
Background: White
Text: Black

Type: Commercial
Shape: Short or long
Background: Orange
Text: Black

Type: Commercial and buses
Shape: Long or short
Background: White
Text: Black

Type: Commercial
Shape: Long
Background: Yellow/orange
Text: Black

Commercial vehicles, taxi, busses use yellow licence plates

Type: Commercial - trailers, semi-trailers, and heavy container trucks
Shape: Short
Background: Green
Text: Black

Type: Commercial
Shape: Long or short
Background: White (old variants red)
Text: Red (old variants white)
Additional details: Blue strip on the top

Type: Government
Shape: Short
Background: Blue
Text: White

Greenlandic license plates are long and fully white.
Contrast: They differ from standard Danish plates. A red outline is present, but it is often blurry and hard to see.

In Cambodia government related vehicles use green plates

Type: Commercial, taxi, trucks
Shape: Short
Background: Yellow
Text:Black
This is unique in Southeast Asia, since in Laos yellow plates are used for regular cars, not just commercial ones
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