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, violet, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 2.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 5 % (b) 25 % (c) 0 % (d) 50 %
- 3.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, violet, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 4.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, brown, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 5.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 510 Ω resistor? (a) green-brown-red (b) green-brown-black (c) green-brown-brown (d) brown-green-brown
- 6.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 670 Ω resistor? (a) blue-violet-brown (b) blue-violet-red (c) violet-blue-brown (d) blue-violet-black
- 7.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does violet stand for?
- 8.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does green stand for?
- 9.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, red, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 10.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, brown, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 11.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, green, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 12.🌈 Which band is read first on a resistor? (a) the widest gap (b) the gold band (c) any band (d) the one nearest an end
- 13.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, blue, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 14.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, violet, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 15.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, blue, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 16.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does red stand for?
- 17.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, yellow, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 18.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, green, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 19.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, yellow, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 20.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, green, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 21.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, red, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 22.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, orange, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 23.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, yellow, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 24.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, green, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 25.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, green, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 26.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, green, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 27.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 300 Ω resistor? (a) yellow-orange-brown (b) orange-black-brown (c) orange-black-red (d) orange-black-black
- 28.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, red, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 29.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does grey stand for?
- 30.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, brown, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 31.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 7200 Ω resistor? (a) red-violet-red (b) violet-red-orange (c) violet-red-red (d) violet-red-brown
- 32.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 270 Ω resistor? (a) red-violet-black (b) violet-red-brown (c) red-violet-red (d) red-violet-brown
- 33.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does orange stand for?
- 34.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does yellow stand for?
- 35.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, red, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 36.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, blue, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 37.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, grey, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 38.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, black, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 39.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, brown, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 40.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, black, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
Answer key
- 770
- 5 %
- 5700
- 3.1
- green-brown-brown
- blue-violet-brown
- 7
- 5
- 62000
- 2.1
- 5.5
- the one nearest an end
- 46
- 17
- 76000
- 2
- 3400
- 350
- 340
- 75
- 920
- 53000
- 240
- 9500
- 250
- 5500
- orange-black-brown
- 120
- 8
- 5100
- violet-red-red
- red-violet-brown
- 3
- 4
- 22
- 9.6
- 28000
- 1
- 410
- 90
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