Electronics Worksheet: Resistor Colour Code
Remember (Digit, digit, zeros): black 0 · brown 1 · red 2 · orange 3 · yellow 4 · green 5 · blue 6 · violet 7 · grey 8 · white 9. Band 1 and band 2 = two digits; band 3 = number of zeros to add. Examples: brown-black-red = 1000 Ω; yellow-violet-brown = 470 Ω; red-red-red = 2200 Ω = 2.2 kΩ.
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- 1.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does green stand for?
- 2.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, red, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 3.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 50 % (b) 5 % (c) 0 % (d) 25 %
- 4.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, violet, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 5.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 500 Ω resistor? (a) green-black-red (b) green-black-black (c) green-black-brown (d) blue-green-brown
- 6.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 22 Ω resistor? (a) orange-red-black (b) red-red-black (c) red-red-brown (d) red-orange-black
- 7.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, white, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 8.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark an 81000 Ω resistor? (a) grey-brown-red (b) brown-grey-orange (c) grey-brown-orange (d) grey-brown-yellow
- 9.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, white, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 10.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 28000 Ω resistor? (a) red-grey-yellow (b) red-grey-orange (c) grey-red-orange (d) red-grey-red
- 11.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, yellow, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 12.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does brown stand for?
- 13.🌈 Which band is read first on a resistor? (a) the one nearest an end (b) any band (c) the gold band (d) the widest gap
- 14.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 240 Ω resistor? (a) yellow-red-brown (b) red-yellow-black (c) red-yellow-brown (d) red-yellow-red
- 15.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, red, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 16.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does white stand for?
- 17.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, black, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 18.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, violet, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 19.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, green, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 20.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, black, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 21.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, black, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 22.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, yellow, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 23.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, grey, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 24.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, brown, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 25.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, green, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 26.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does orange stand for?
- 27.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 2900 Ω resistor? (a) red-white-brown (b) white-red-red (c) red-white-orange (d) red-white-red
- 28.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does violet stand for?
- 29.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, brown, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 30.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, grey, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 31.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, violet, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 32.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, blue, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 33.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, red, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 34.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does red stand for?
- 35.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, orange, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 36.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does black stand for?
- 37.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, violet, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 38.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, white, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 39.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, green, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 40.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, violet, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
Answer key
- 5
- 42
- 5 %
- 970
- green-black-brown
- red-red-black
- 3900
- grey-brown-orange
- 89
- red-grey-orange
- 7.4
- 1
- the one nearest an end
- red-yellow-brown
- 620
- 9
- 3000
- 4.7
- 750
- 8000
- 80000
- 840
- 8.8
- 710
- 1.5
- 3
- red-white-red
- 7
- 6.1
- 38
- 670
- 26
- 72
- 2
- 43
- 0
- 9700
- 690
- 35
- 870
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