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.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 230 Ω resistor? (a) orange-red-brown (b) red-orange-brown (c) red-orange-red (d) red-orange-black
- 2.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, brown, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 3.🌈 Which band is read first on a resistor? (a) the gold band (b) the widest gap (c) any band (d) the one nearest an end
- 4.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark an 8700 Ω resistor? (a) grey-violet-red (b) grey-violet-brown (c) violet-grey-red (d) grey-violet-orange
- 5.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 25 % (b) 5 % (c) 50 % (d) 0 %
- 6.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, grey, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 7.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does brown stand for?
- 8.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 19 Ω resistor? (a) brown-white-black (b) red-white-black (c) white-brown-black (d) brown-white-brown
- 9.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does red stand for?
- 10.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, brown, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 11.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 92 Ω resistor? (a) brown-red-black (b) white-red-brown (c) red-white-black (d) white-red-black
- 12.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, brown, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 13.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, red, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 14.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, black, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 15.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, orange, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 16.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, blue, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 17.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, yellow, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 18.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does orange stand for?
- 19.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, red, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 20.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, white, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 21.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, orange, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 22.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, orange, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 23.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, black, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 24.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, white, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 25.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, grey, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 26.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, black, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 27.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, white, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 28.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark an 840 Ω resistor? (a) grey-yellow-red (b) grey-yellow-brown (c) yellow-grey-brown (d) grey-yellow-black
- 29.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 6100 Ω resistor? (a) blue-brown-brown (b) blue-brown-orange (c) blue-brown-red (d) brown-blue-red
- 30.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, blue, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 31.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, red, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 32.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does black stand for?
- 33.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, grey, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 34.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, red, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 35.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, violet, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 36.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, green, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 37.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, brown, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 38.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, blue, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 39.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, violet, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 40.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, black, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
Answer key
- red-orange-brown
- 2.1
- the one nearest an end
- grey-violet-red
- 5 %
- 8800
- 1
- brown-white-black
- 2
- 11
- white-red-black
- 310
- 12000
- 1
- 73
- 36000
- 5400
- 3
- 320
- 190
- 5.3
- 830
- 800
- 6.9
- 48
- 70
- 49
- grey-yellow-brown
- blue-brown-red
- 3600
- 3.2
- 0
- 180
- 62
- 370
- 150
- 110
- 360
- 8.7
- 30
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