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 94000 Ω resistor? (a) white-yellow-yellow (b) white-yellow-orange (c) yellow-white-orange (d) white-yellow-red
- 2.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, yellow, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 3.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 5 % (b) 25 % (c) 50 % (d) 0 %
- 4.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, green, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 5.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, orange, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 6.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, green, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 7.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, white, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 8.🌈 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
- 9.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, red, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 10.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, violet, orange. 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 360 Ω resistor? (a) orange-blue-red (b) blue-orange-brown (c) orange-blue-black (d) orange-blue-brown
- 13.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, blue, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 14.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 490 Ω resistor? (a) white-yellow-brown (b) yellow-white-red (c) yellow-white-black (d) yellow-white-brown
- 15.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, blue, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 16.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, brown, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 17.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does violet stand for?
- 18.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 16 Ω resistor? (a) blue-brown-black (b) brown-blue-brown (c) red-blue-black (d) brown-blue-black
- 19.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, grey, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 20.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 170 Ω resistor? (a) brown-violet-red (b) violet-brown-brown (c) brown-violet-brown (d) brown-violet-black
- 21.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, white, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 22.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does brown stand for?
- 23.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, red, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 24.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, violet, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 25.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, brown, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 26.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does red stand for?
- 27.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, brown, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 28.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, blue, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 29.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, yellow, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 30.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, black, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 31.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, red, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 32.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, violet, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 33.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark an 8100 Ω resistor? (a) grey-brown-brown (b) brown-grey-red (c) grey-brown-red (d) grey-brown-orange
- 34.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, white, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 35.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does blue stand for?
- 36.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, grey, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 37.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 250 Ω resistor? (a) red-green-red (b) red-green-brown (c) green-red-brown (d) red-green-black
- 38.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, yellow, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 39.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, brown, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 40.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, brown, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
Answer key
- white-yellow-orange
- 4400
- 5 %
- 350
- 730
- 25
- 190
- the one nearest an end
- 12
- 77
- 0
- orange-blue-brown
- 2.6
- yellow-white-brown
- 86
- 21
- 7
- brown-blue-black
- 180
- brown-violet-brown
- 19000
- 1
- 62
- 6.7
- 11000
- 2
- 2100
- 66
- 3.4
- 80
- 2.2
- 97
- grey-brown-red
- 290
- 6
- 580
- red-green-brown
- 64000
- 8100
- 1.1
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