black 0 100 brown? 1 101 1% red 2 102 2% orange 3 103 3% yellow? 4 104 4% green? 5 105 blue? 6 106 violet? 7 107 gray? 8 108 white? 9 109 gold? 0.1 5% (or letter "J") silver? 0.01 10% (or letter "K") no color 20% (or letter "M") |
black 0 10^0 brown? 1 10^1 1% red 2 10^2 2% orange 3 10^3 3% yellow 4 10^4 4% green 5 10^5 blue 6 10^6 violet? 7 10^7 gray? 8 10^8 white 9 10^9 gold 0.1 5% (or letter "J") silver 0.01 10% (or letter "K") no color 20% (or letter "M") |
Resistor Example
+- - - - - - - - - - - - -+ |AA BB CC DD | ---|AA BB CC DD |--- |AA BB CC DD | +- - - - - - - - - - - - -+
band A is first significant figure of resistance value in ohms
band B is the second significant figure
band C is the decimal multiplier
band D if present, indicates tolerance of value in percent (no color means 20%)
color sig fig decimal tolerance of band or # 0s multiplier +/-
black 0 10^0 brown? 1 10^1 1% red 2 10^2 2% orange 3 10^3 3% yellow 4 10^4 4% green 5 10^5 blue 6 10^6 violet? 7 10^7 gray? 8 10^8 white 9 10^9 gold 0.1 5% (or letter "J") silver 0.01 10% (or letter "K") no color 20% (or letter "M")