Resistors Colour Coding

The Resistors Colour Code

Number Colour

0 Black

1 Brown

2 Red

3 Orange

4 Yellow

5 Green

6 Blue

7 Voilet

8 Grey

9 White

• First two or three bands may be the numbers to write down


• Next band is the multiplier (how many zeros to add to the number )


• Gold multiplier makes one decimal place smaller, Silver makes two decimal places smaller


• Last band to right may be tolerance values


• Notice the examples on the right