Seeking correct colors for 1922 Pennsylvania license plates

[Guest stude8]

A friend wants to restore a 1922 Pennsylvania state automobile license plate and needs the correct color scheme used for that year plates. We were told it is "Brown" with "Cream" numerals.

Does anyone have a photo of an original plate or paint color code for the correct shade of brown? Or is there a online directory for license plate restoration?

Stude8

[Shop Rat]

Here is a link for one I just found.

1922 PENNSYLVANIA license plate (GIBBY VERY GO (03/15/2009)...

And a matched pair on another site. They look cream with black letters to me.

http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/3631933

A few more. The ones on the right look more like cream with dark brown letters/numbers. Hard to tell.

http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/3632110

Edited February 3, 2011 by Shop Rat (see edit history)

[Guest stude8]

Shop Rat thanks for the two links with images. I also found a few on Google but in all cases they were poor originals and poor graphics so hard to make a judgement from.

It does look like they were a light background with dark letters however some look to be black lettering on white and others a Chocolate Brown? on Cream, I guess who would question the color scheme? How often do you see 1922 cars with Pennsylvania history anyway? The car they will go on is a Wisconsin resident for now.

Stude8

[A. Ballard 35R]

Previous comments correvt re 1922 PA plates. Practically impossible to find any in decent shape. The ones shown in links look exceptional and do a better job of showing the colors than many you would find in the hands of collectors.