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 yellow, black, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 2.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, white, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 3.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 50 % (b) 0 % (c) 5 % (d) 25 %
- 4.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 410 Ω resistor? (a) yellow-brown-brown (b) yellow-brown-red (c) brown-yellow-brown (d) yellow-brown-black
- 5.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, white, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 6.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 28000 Ω resistor? (a) red-grey-yellow (b) red-grey-red (c) red-grey-orange (d) grey-red-orange
- 7.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 420 Ω resistor? (a) yellow-red-red (b) yellow-red-black (c) yellow-red-brown (d) red-yellow-brown
- 8.🌈 Which band is read first on a resistor? (a) any band (b) the gold band (c) the widest gap (d) the one nearest an end
- 9.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 3000 Ω resistor? (a) orange-black-orange (b) orange-black-red (c) orange-black-brown (d) yellow-orange-red
- 10.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, green, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 11.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, blue, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 12.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does violet stand for?
- 13.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, blue, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 14.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 7300 Ω resistor? (a) orange-violet-red (b) violet-orange-red (c) violet-orange-orange (d) violet-orange-brown
- 15.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, brown, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 16.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, blue, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 17.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does black stand for?
- 18.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, green, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 19.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, grey, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 20.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, yellow, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 21.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does white stand for?
- 22.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, orange, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 23.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, white, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 24.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does yellow stand for?
- 25.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, red, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 26.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, yellow, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 27.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, orange, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 28.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, brown, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 29.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, blue, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 30.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does grey stand for?
- 31.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, white, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 32.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, violet, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 33.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, yellow, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 34.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, blue, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 35.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, black, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 36.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 950 Ω resistor? (a) green-white-brown (b) white-green-black (c) white-green-red (d) white-green-brown
- 37.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 31 Ω resistor? (a) orange-brown-black (b) brown-orange-black (c) orange-brown-brown (d) yellow-brown-black
- 38.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 97 Ω resistor? (a) white-violet-brown (b) violet-white-black (c) white-violet-black (d) brown-violet-black
- 39.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does red stand for?
- 40.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, black, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
Answer key
- 400
- 29
- 5 %
- yellow-brown-brown
- 19
- red-grey-orange
- yellow-red-brown
- the one nearest an end
- orange-black-red
- 15000
- 6.6
- 7
- 9600
- violet-orange-red
- 8100
- 260
- 0
- 350
- 58
- 64
- 9
- 830
- 69
- 4
- 920
- 44
- 3300
- 81
- 56
- 8
- 890
- 37000
- 24
- 36000
- 10000
- white-green-brown
- orange-brown-black
- white-violet-black
- 2
- 70000
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