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.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, yellow, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 2.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, yellow, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 3.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does black stand for?
- 4.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does yellow stand for?
- 5.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, grey, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 6.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 5 % (b) 50 % (c) 0 % (d) 25 %
- 7.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, red, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 8.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, violet, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 9.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 50 Ω resistor? (a) green-black-black (b) green-black-brown (c) blue-green-black (d) blue-black-black
- 10.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, yellow, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 11.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, grey, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 12.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, green, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 13.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does white stand for?
- 14.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 23 Ω resistor? (a) orange-red-black (b) orange-orange-black (c) red-orange-black (d) red-orange-brown
- 15.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, green, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 16.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, red, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 17.🌈 Which band is read first on a resistor? (a) the widest gap (b) the one nearest an end (c) any band (d) the gold band
- 18.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 5900 Ω resistor? (a) green-white-brown (b) green-white-orange (c) green-white-red (d) white-green-red
- 19.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, black, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 20.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, green, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 21.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 69000 Ω resistor? (a) blue-white-red (b) blue-white-orange (c) white-blue-orange (d) blue-white-yellow
- 22.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, grey, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 23.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, brown, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 24.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, red, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 25.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, green, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 26.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, red, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 27.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, brown, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 28.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 1100 Ω resistor? (a) brown-brown-orange (b) brown-red-red (c) brown-brown-red (d) brown-brown-brown
- 29.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, black, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 30.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, blue, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 31.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, grey, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 32.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, yellow, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 33.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, white, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 34.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, orange, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 35.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, yellow, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 36.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, white, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 37.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, violet, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 38.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, yellow, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 39.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark an 87000 Ω resistor? (a) grey-violet-red (b) grey-violet-yellow (c) grey-violet-orange (d) violet-grey-orange
- 40.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, brown, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
Answer key
- 84
- 140
- 0
- 4
- 280
- 5 %
- 22
- 57000
- green-black-black
- 84000
- 680
- 85
- 9
- red-orange-black
- 6.5
- 52
- the one nearest an end
- green-white-red
- 7000
- 9.5
- blue-white-orange
- 2.8
- 11
- 12
- 25
- 220
- 610
- brown-brown-red
- 60
- 4.6
- 68000
- 8400
- 49
- 23000
- 24
- 79
- 6.7
- 64000
- grey-violet-orange
- 9.1
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