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 190 Ω resistor? (a) brown-white-black (b) brown-white-red (c) brown-white-brown (d) white-brown-brown
- 2.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does orange stand for?
- 3.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, red, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 4.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 740 Ω resistor? (a) violet-yellow-brown (b) yellow-violet-brown (c) violet-yellow-red (d) violet-yellow-black
- 5.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 41 Ω resistor? (a) yellow-brown-black (b) brown-yellow-black (c) green-brown-black (d) yellow-brown-brown
- 6.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, white, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 7.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, blue, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 8.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, black, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 9.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does black stand for?
- 10.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 39000 Ω resistor? (a) white-orange-orange (b) orange-white-orange (c) orange-white-yellow (d) orange-white-red
- 11.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 76 Ω resistor? (a) blue-violet-black (b) violet-blue-black (c) violet-blue-brown (d) grey-blue-black
- 12.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, red, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 13.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, violet, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 14.🌈 Which band is read first on a resistor? (a) the one nearest an end (b) the widest gap (c) any band (d) the gold band
- 15.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 66 Ω resistor? (a) violet-blue-black (b) blue-blue-brown (c) blue-violet-black (d) blue-blue-black
- 16.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 50 % (b) 25 % (c) 5 % (d) 0 %
- 17.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, black, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 18.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 6700 Ω resistor? (a) violet-blue-red (b) blue-violet-red (c) blue-violet-brown (d) blue-violet-orange
- 19.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 63000 Ω resistor? (a) blue-orange-yellow (b) blue-orange-orange (c) blue-orange-red (d) orange-blue-orange
- 20.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, red, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 21.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, orange, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 22.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 92 Ω resistor? (a) brown-red-black (b) red-white-black (c) white-red-brown (d) white-red-black
- 23.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 77 Ω resistor? (a) violet-grey-black (b) violet-violet-black (c) violet-violet-brown (d) grey-violet-black
- 24.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, yellow, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 25.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, white, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 26.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does red stand for?
- 27.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 51000 Ω resistor? (a) green-brown-orange (b) brown-green-orange (c) green-brown-red (d) green-brown-yellow
- 28.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, yellow, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 29.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, orange, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 30.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, brown, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 31.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, blue, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 32.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 1200 Ω resistor? (a) brown-red-orange (b) red-brown-red (c) brown-red-red (d) brown-red-brown
- 33.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 180 Ω resistor? (a) brown-grey-black (b) grey-brown-brown (c) brown-grey-red (d) brown-grey-brown
- 34.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, violet, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 35.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 14 Ω resistor? (a) brown-yellow-brown (b) red-yellow-black (c) brown-yellow-black (d) yellow-brown-black
- 36.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 410 Ω resistor? (a) yellow-brown-brown (b) yellow-brown-red (c) yellow-brown-black (d) brown-yellow-brown
- 37.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, yellow, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 38.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, orange, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 39.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, blue, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 40.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, brown, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
Answer key
- brown-white-brown
- 3
- 120
- violet-yellow-brown
- yellow-brown-black
- 19
- 46
- 2
- 0
- orange-white-orange
- violet-blue-black
- 92
- 670
- the one nearest an end
- blue-blue-black
- 5 %
- 90
- blue-violet-red
- blue-orange-orange
- 32
- 13000
- white-red-black
- violet-violet-black
- 2.4
- 39000
- 2
- green-brown-orange
- 3.4
- 63000
- 61
- 9600
- brown-red-red
- brown-grey-brown
- 57000
- brown-yellow-black
- yellow-brown-brown
- 44
- 93
- 160
- 6.1
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