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 yellow stand for?
- 2.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does green stand for?
- 3.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, black, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 4.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, yellow, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 5.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, white, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 6.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, white, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 7.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 63 Ω resistor? (a) violet-orange-black (b) blue-orange-brown (c) blue-orange-black (d) orange-blue-black
- 8.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 5 % (b) 0 % (c) 25 % (d) 50 %
- 9.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, red, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 10.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 65000 Ω resistor? (a) blue-green-orange (b) blue-green-red (c) blue-green-yellow (d) green-blue-orange
- 11.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, brown, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 12.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, brown, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 13.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, brown, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 14.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, yellow, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 15.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does black stand for?
- 16.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, yellow, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 17.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, white, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 18.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, grey, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 19.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does blue stand for?
- 20.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, brown, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 21.🌈 Which band is read first on a resistor? (a) the widest gap (b) any band (c) the one nearest an end (d) the gold band
- 22.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does violet stand for?
- 23.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, orange, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 24.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 17 Ω resistor? (a) red-violet-black (b) violet-brown-black (c) brown-violet-black (d) brown-violet-brown
- 25.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does orange stand for?
- 26.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 26 Ω resistor? (a) orange-blue-black (b) blue-red-black (c) red-blue-brown (d) red-blue-black
- 27.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, brown, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 28.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, black, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 29.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 6500 Ω resistor? (a) blue-green-red (b) blue-green-orange (c) blue-green-brown (d) green-blue-red
- 30.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, orange, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 31.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, brown, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 32.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, orange, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 33.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, violet, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 34.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, green, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 35.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, black, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 36.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, violet, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 37.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, grey, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 38.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, white, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 39.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, yellow, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 40.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, blue, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
Answer key
- 4
- 5
- 5000
- 44000
- 99
- 59
- blue-orange-black
- 5 %
- 92000
- blue-green-orange
- 610
- 3100
- 81
- 7.4
- 0
- 240
- 99000
- 880
- 6
- 4.1
- the one nearest an end
- 7
- 6.3
- brown-violet-black
- 3
- red-blue-black
- 5.1
- 700
- blue-green-red
- 53
- 31
- 83000
- 97
- 55
- 30
- 4.7
- 9800
- 29
- 14
- 560
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