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 blue stand for?
- 2.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does black stand for?
- 3.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, blue, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 4.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 0 % (b) 5 % (c) 50 % (d) 25 %
- 5.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 94000 Ω resistor? (a) yellow-white-orange (b) white-yellow-orange (c) white-yellow-yellow (d) white-yellow-red
- 6.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, brown, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 7.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, black, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 8.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark an 80000 Ω resistor? (a) grey-black-red (b) grey-black-yellow (c) grey-black-orange (d) white-grey-orange
- 9.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, brown, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 10.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, red, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 11.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, violet, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 12.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, red, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 13.🌈 Which band is read first on a resistor? (a) any band (b) the gold band (c) the one nearest an end (d) the widest gap
- 14.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 56000 Ω resistor? (a) green-blue-orange (b) blue-green-orange (c) green-blue-red (d) green-blue-yellow
- 15.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, red, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 16.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, white, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 17.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does white stand for?
- 18.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, blue, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 19.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does orange stand for?
- 20.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, blue, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 21.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, grey, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 22.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 7400 Ω resistor? (a) yellow-violet-red (b) violet-yellow-red (c) violet-yellow-orange (d) violet-yellow-brown
- 23.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, orange, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 24.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 210 Ω resistor? (a) red-brown-brown (b) red-brown-red (c) red-brown-black (d) brown-red-brown
- 25.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, brown, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 26.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, black, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 27.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does yellow stand for?
- 28.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, grey, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 29.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 68 Ω resistor? (a) grey-blue-black (b) blue-grey-black (c) violet-grey-black (d) blue-grey-brown
- 30.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, yellow, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 31.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, yellow, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 32.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, yellow, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 33.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark an 84000 Ω resistor? (a) yellow-grey-orange (b) grey-yellow-red (c) grey-yellow-orange (d) grey-yellow-yellow
- 34.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does brown stand for?
- 35.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, grey, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 36.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, red, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 37.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, white, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 38.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, violet, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 39.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, orange, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 40.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, yellow, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
Answer key
- 6
- 0
- 16
- 5 %
- white-yellow-orange
- 1.1
- 5
- grey-black-orange
- 910
- 2.2
- 470
- 32
- the one nearest an end
- green-blue-orange
- 32000
- 59
- 9
- 76000
- 3
- 96
- 580
- violet-yellow-red
- 9300
- red-brown-brown
- 8.1
- 200
- 4
- 68
- blue-grey-black
- 5400
- 140
- 3400
- grey-yellow-orange
- 1
- 98000
- 42
- 5.9
- 6700
- 730
- 6.4
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