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Resistors: Colour Code For Fixed Resistors

Resistors use a color code system to indicate their value and tolerance. The first one or two bands represent a number from 0-9, the third band is a multiplier from 1-10, and the fourth or fifth band indicates the tolerance in percentage. Examples are given of interpreting the color bands on four-band and five-band fixed resistors to determine their exact resistance values and tolerances.

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Resistors: Colour Code For Fixed Resistors

Resistors use a color code system to indicate their value and tolerance. The first one or two bands represent a number from 0-9, the third band is a multiplier from 1-10, and the fourth or fifth band indicates the tolerance in percentage. Examples are given of interpreting the color bands on four-band and five-band fixed resistors to determine their exact resistance values and tolerances.

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Resistors

Colour code for fixed resistors:


Colour Significant Figures Multiplier Tolerance
Silver

10
-2
+- 10%
GOLD

10
-1
+- 5%
Black 0 1

Brown 1 10 +- 1%
Red 2 10
2
+- 2%
Orange 3 10
3


Yellow 4 10
4


Green 5 10
5
+- 0.5%
Blue 6 10
6
+- 0.25%
Violet 7 10
7
+- 0.1%
Grey 8 10
8


White 9 10
9


None

+- 20%
Four Band Fixed Resistor
Two first bands (first band is the one nearest the end of the resistor) indicates the value, the
third indicates the multiplier and the fourth indicates tolerance.
Example - Value Four Band Fixed Resistor
A resistor with the four colour bands
yellow - violet - orange - red
has a value of 47 k with tolerance +- 2%.
Five Band Fixed Resistor
Three first bands (first band is the one nearest the end of the resistor) indicates the value, the
fourth indicates the multiplier and the fifth indicates tolerance.
Example - Value Five Band Fixed Resistor
A resistor with the five colour bands
red - yellow - white - orange - brown
has a value of 249 k with tolerance +- 1%.

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