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 black stand for?
- 2.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, white, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 3.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does white stand for?
- 4.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, yellow, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 5.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 93 Ω resistor? (a) orange-white-black (b) white-orange-black (c) brown-orange-black (d) white-orange-brown
- 6.🌈 Which band is read first on a resistor? (a) the widest gap (b) the one nearest an end (c) the gold band (d) any band
- 7.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 27000 Ω resistor? (a) red-violet-red (b) violet-red-orange (c) red-violet-yellow (d) red-violet-orange
- 8.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, yellow, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 9.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 5 % (b) 0 % (c) 25 % (d) 50 %
- 10.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, grey, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 11.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does red stand for?
- 12.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 54 Ω resistor? (a) green-yellow-black (b) blue-yellow-black (c) yellow-green-black (d) green-yellow-brown
- 13.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does orange stand for?
- 14.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, black, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 15.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, yellow, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 16.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 30000 Ω resistor? (a) yellow-orange-orange (b) orange-black-yellow (c) orange-black-red (d) orange-black-orange
- 17.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, blue, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 18.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does green stand for?
- 19.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, brown, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 20.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, white, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 21.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, black, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 22.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, white, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 23.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, white, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 24.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, yellow, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 25.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 75 Ω resistor? (a) grey-green-black (b) violet-green-brown (c) violet-green-black (d) green-violet-black
- 26.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 90 Ω resistor? (a) white-black-black (b) brown-black-black (c) white-black-brown (d) brown-white-black
- 27.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does grey stand for?
- 28.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 44000 Ω resistor? (a) yellow-yellow-yellow (b) yellow-yellow-orange (c) yellow-green-orange (d) yellow-yellow-red
- 29.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, grey, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 30.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, white, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 31.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, blue, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 32.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, brown, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 33.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, brown, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 34.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, white, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 35.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, brown, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 36.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, black, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 37.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, black, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 38.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 6800 Ω resistor? (a) blue-grey-orange (b) grey-blue-red (c) blue-grey-brown (d) blue-grey-red
- 39.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, violet, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 40.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, black, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
Answer key
- 0
- 9.9
- 9
- 1400
- white-orange-black
- the one nearest an end
- red-violet-orange
- 84
- 5 %
- 980
- 2
- green-yellow-black
- 3
- 70000
- 9400
- orange-black-orange
- 260
- 5
- 4.1
- 1900
- 9
- 190
- 79
- 540
- violet-green-black
- white-black-black
- 8
- yellow-yellow-orange
- 68000
- 19
- 36
- 3100
- 91
- 99
- 2.1
- 2
- 600
- blue-grey-red
- 770
- 10
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