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, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 2.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does green stand for?
- 3.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, blue, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 4.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does grey stand for?
- 5.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 99 Ω resistor? (a) white-white-brown (b) white-white-black (c) brown-white-black (d) white-black-black
- 6.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 50 % (b) 25 % (c) 5 % (d) 0 %
- 7.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does blue stand for?
- 8.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, white, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 9.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, red, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 10.🌈 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
- 11.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 270 Ω resistor? (a) red-violet-brown (b) red-violet-red (c) violet-red-brown (d) red-violet-black
- 12.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does brown stand for?
- 13.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, green, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 14.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, violet, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 15.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, black, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 16.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does yellow stand for?
- 17.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, orange, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 18.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, blue, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 19.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does orange stand for?
- 20.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, brown, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 21.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, black, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 22.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 94 Ω resistor? (a) yellow-white-black (b) white-yellow-brown (c) brown-yellow-black (d) white-yellow-black
- 23.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does black stand for?
- 24.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, orange, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 25.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, black, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 26.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, black, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 27.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, orange, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 28.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, black, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 29.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, red, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 30.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, yellow, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 31.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 4400 Ω resistor? (a) yellow-yellow-brown (b) yellow-green-red (c) yellow-yellow-orange (d) yellow-yellow-red
- 32.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, white, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 33.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, grey, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 34.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, grey, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 35.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, grey, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 36.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, black, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 37.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 200 Ω resistor? (a) red-black-black (b) red-black-red (c) orange-red-brown (d) red-black-brown
- 38.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, brown, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 39.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, grey, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 40.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, yellow, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
Answer key
- 19000
- 5
- 36
- 8
- white-white-black
- 5 %
- 6
- 790
- 720
- the one nearest an end
- red-violet-brown
- 1
- 45000
- 770
- 700
- 4
- 830
- 7.6
- 3
- 81
- 3
- white-yellow-black
- 0
- 530
- 70
- 60
- 7.3
- 7
- 820
- 240
- yellow-yellow-red
- 4900
- 880
- 880
- 5800
- 40
- red-black-brown
- 11
- 280
- 2.4
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