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 red, white, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 2.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 50 % (b) 5 % (c) 25 % (d) 0 %
- 3.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does orange stand for?
- 4.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, blue, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 5.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, brown, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 6.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 290 Ω resistor? (a) red-white-red (b) red-white-brown (c) white-red-brown (d) red-white-black
- 7.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, green, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 8.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, black, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 9.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, blue, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 10.🌈 Which band is read first on a resistor? (a) any band (b) the one nearest an end (c) the widest gap (d) the gold band
- 11.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, orange, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 12.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, yellow, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 13.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, grey, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 14.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 49000 Ω resistor? (a) yellow-white-red (b) yellow-white-yellow (c) yellow-white-orange (d) white-yellow-orange
- 15.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does brown stand for?
- 16.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 94000 Ω resistor? (a) white-yellow-orange (b) yellow-white-orange (c) white-yellow-yellow (d) white-yellow-red
- 17.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does black stand for?
- 18.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does blue stand for?
- 19.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, green, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 20.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, yellow, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 21.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, grey, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 22.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, blue, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 23.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 500 Ω resistor? (a) blue-green-brown (b) green-black-brown (c) green-black-black (d) green-black-red
- 24.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, red, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 25.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, green, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 26.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 3200 Ω resistor? (a) orange-red-orange (b) red-orange-red (c) orange-red-brown (d) orange-red-red
- 27.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, green, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 28.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 31 Ω resistor? (a) orange-brown-brown (b) orange-brown-black (c) brown-orange-black (d) yellow-brown-black
- 29.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, yellow, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 30.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, green, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 31.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, red, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 32.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, grey, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 33.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 10 Ω resistor? (a) red-brown-black (b) brown-black-black (c) brown-black-brown (d) red-black-black
- 34.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark an 830 Ω resistor? (a) orange-grey-brown (b) grey-orange-black (c) grey-orange-brown (d) grey-orange-red
- 35.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, black, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 36.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, brown, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 37.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, black, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 38.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, brown, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 39.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, white, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 40.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, violet, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
Answer key
- 29
- 5 %
- 3
- 16000
- 710
- red-white-brown
- 15000
- 10000
- 260
- the one nearest an end
- 73
- 54000
- 88000
- yellow-white-orange
- 1
- white-yellow-orange
- 0
- 6
- 5500
- 740
- 780
- 36
- green-black-brown
- 82000
- 75
- orange-red-red
- 25
- orange-brown-black
- 64
- 1500
- 1200
- 98000
- brown-black-black
- grey-orange-brown
- 70
- 91
- 40000
- 11
- 690
- 17000
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