Resistor Charts
4-Band Resistor Color Code Chart:
Color 1st Band 2nd Band Multiplier Tolerance
Black: 0 0 1 Ω N/A
Brown: 1 1 10 Ω N/A
Red: 2 2 100 Ω ±2%
Orange: 3 3 1,000 Ω N/A
Yellow: 4 4 10,000 Ω N/A
Green: 5 5 100,000 Ω N/A
Blue: 6 6 1,000,000 Ω N/A
Violet: 7 7 10,000,000 Ω N/A
Grey: 8 8 100,000,000 Ω N/A
White: 9 9 1,000,000,000 Ω N/A
Gold: N/A N/A 0.1 Ω ±5%
Silver: N/A N/A 0.01 Ω ±10%




5-Band Resistor Color Code Chart:
Color 1st Band 2nd Band 3rd Band Multiplier Tolerance
Black: 0 0 0 1 Ω N/A
Brown: 1 1 1 10 Ω ±1%
Red: 2 2 2 100 Ω N/A
Orange: 3 3 3 1,000 Ω N/A
Yellow: 4 4 4 10,000 Ω N/A
Green: 5 5 5 100,000 Ω ±0.5%
Blue: 6 6 6 1,000,000 Ω ±0.25%
Violet: 7 7 7 10,000,000 Ω ±0.10%
Grey: 8 8 8 100,000,000 Ω N/A
White: 9 9 9 1,000,000,000 Ω N/A
Gold: N/A N/A N/A 0.1 Ω ±5%


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