The top mistakes in The Color of Friendship http://www.moviemistakes.com/film7387 en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:55:36 +0000 135740 In the final scene when Mahree returns to the farm, the car arriving at the farmhouse has the newer, yellow number plates. During the 1970s, South African vehicle number plates were white text on a black background. Transvaal province was the first to use the new black on yellow plates in 1978.