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 violet, orange, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 2.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, yellow, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 3.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, blue, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 4.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, orange, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 5.🌈 Which band is read first on a resistor? (a) any band (b) the gold band (c) the widest gap (d) the one nearest an end
- 6.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 50 % (b) 0 % (c) 25 % (d) 5 %
- 7.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, black, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 8.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does orange stand for?
- 9.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does brown stand for?
- 10.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, white, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 11.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, green, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 12.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, grey, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 13.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark an 8500 Ω resistor? (a) green-grey-red (b) grey-green-orange (c) grey-green-red (d) grey-green-brown
- 14.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does black stand for?
- 15.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, black, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 16.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, violet, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 17.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 94 Ω resistor? (a) yellow-white-black (b) brown-yellow-black (c) white-yellow-black (d) white-yellow-brown
- 18.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does white stand for?
- 19.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 72000 Ω resistor? (a) red-violet-orange (b) violet-red-orange (c) violet-red-red (d) violet-red-yellow
- 20.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 22 Ω resistor? (a) red-red-brown (b) red-orange-black (c) red-red-black (d) orange-red-black
- 21.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does red stand for?
- 22.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, green, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 23.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, violet, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 24.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, red, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 25.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, violet, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 26.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, brown, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 27.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, green, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 28.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 3000 Ω resistor? (a) yellow-orange-red (b) orange-black-brown (c) orange-black-orange (d) orange-black-red
- 29.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, orange, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 30.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, white, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 31.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, white, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 32.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 4000 Ω resistor? (a) green-yellow-red (b) yellow-black-orange (c) yellow-black-red (d) yellow-black-brown
- 33.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, red, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 34.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, red, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 35.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, green, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 36.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, white, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 37.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, red, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 38.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, red, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 39.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, red, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 40.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, red, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
Answer key
- 73
- 7400
- 16000
- 73
- the one nearest an end
- 5 %
- 200
- 3
- 1
- 390
- 650
- 88
- grey-green-red
- 0
- 90
- 17
- white-yellow-black
- 9
- violet-red-orange
- red-red-black
- 2
- 35
- 7.7
- 4200
- 670
- 91000
- 1.5
- orange-black-red
- 730
- 7900
- 39000
- yellow-black-red
- 620
- 32
- 6.5
- 690
- 32
- 22
- 3200
- 7200
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