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 brown, white, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 2.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 0 % (b) 5 % (c) 25 % (d) 50 %
- 3.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, violet, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 4.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, red, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 5.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, violet, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 6.🌈 Which band is read first on a resistor? (a) any band (b) the widest gap (c) the one nearest an end (d) the gold band
- 7.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, yellow, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 8.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 93000 Ω resistor? (a) orange-white-orange (b) white-orange-yellow (c) white-orange-red (d) white-orange-orange
- 9.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does white stand for?
- 10.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, grey, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 11.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does black stand for?
- 12.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 92000 Ω resistor? (a) red-white-orange (b) white-red-red (c) white-red-orange (d) white-red-yellow
- 13.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, blue, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 14.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark an 81000 Ω resistor? (a) grey-brown-orange (b) brown-grey-orange (c) grey-brown-red (d) grey-brown-yellow
- 15.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does orange stand for?
- 16.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, violet, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 17.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, black, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 18.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, green, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 19.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, red, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 20.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, orange, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 21.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, yellow, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 22.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, grey, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 23.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, violet, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 24.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, black, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 25.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, grey, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 26.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark an 18 Ω resistor? (a) grey-brown-black (b) red-grey-black (c) brown-grey-brown (d) brown-grey-black
- 27.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does blue stand for?
- 28.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, red, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 29.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, white, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 30.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 93 Ω resistor? (a) brown-orange-black (b) orange-white-black (c) white-orange-brown (d) white-orange-black
- 31.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, yellow, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 32.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, yellow, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 33.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, yellow, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 34.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does brown stand for?
- 35.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, white, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 36.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, yellow, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 37.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, red, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 38.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, white, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 39.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 32 Ω resistor? (a) orange-red-black (b) red-orange-black (c) yellow-red-black (d) orange-red-brown
- 40.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, yellow, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
Answer key
- 1.9
- 5 %
- 27000
- 82000
- 470
- the one nearest an end
- 840
- white-orange-orange
- 9
- 580
- 0
- white-red-orange
- 260
- grey-brown-orange
- 3
- 17
- 30000
- 75
- 62000
- 43000
- 84
- 780
- 570
- 50
- 58
- brown-grey-black
- 6
- 4200
- 390
- white-orange-black
- 44
- 4.4
- 24
- 1
- 39000
- 8400
- 120
- 49
- orange-red-black
- 94
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