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 band is read first on a resistor? (a) any band (b) the widest gap (c) the gold band (d) the one nearest an end
- 2.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, black, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 3.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does green stand for?
- 4.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, black, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 5.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does violet stand for?
- 6.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, brown, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 7.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 39 Ω resistor? (a) orange-white-brown (b) yellow-white-black (c) white-orange-black (d) orange-white-black
- 8.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 19 Ω resistor? (a) white-brown-black (b) brown-white-brown (c) red-white-black (d) brown-white-black
- 9.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, red, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 10.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, brown, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 11.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, black, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 12.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 0 % (b) 50 % (c) 25 % (d) 5 %
- 13.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, green, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 14.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does blue stand for?
- 15.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, orange, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 16.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does yellow stand for?
- 17.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, blue, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 18.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, orange, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 19.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 16000 Ω resistor? (a) brown-blue-red (b) brown-blue-orange (c) brown-blue-yellow (d) blue-brown-orange
- 20.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, green, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 21.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, orange, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 22.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does red stand for?
- 23.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 390 Ω resistor? (a) orange-white-black (b) orange-white-brown (c) white-orange-brown (d) orange-white-red
- 24.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, brown, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 25.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, grey, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 26.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, brown, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 27.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark an 11 Ω resistor? (a) brown-brown-black (b) brown-red-black (c) red-brown-black (d) brown-brown-brown
- 28.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, green, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 29.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, red, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 30.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 3900 Ω resistor? (a) orange-white-orange (b) orange-white-red (c) white-orange-red (d) orange-white-brown
- 31.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark an 8100 Ω resistor? (a) brown-grey-red (b) grey-brown-orange (c) grey-brown-red (d) grey-brown-brown
- 32.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, grey, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 33.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, green, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 34.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, grey, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 35.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 99 Ω resistor? (a) white-black-black (b) white-white-brown (c) white-white-black (d) brown-white-black
- 36.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, red, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 37.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, yellow, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 38.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does black stand for?
- 39.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, black, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 40.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 13 Ω resistor? (a) brown-orange-black (b) orange-brown-black (c) brown-orange-brown (d) red-orange-black
Answer key
- the one nearest an end
- 20
- 5
- 300
- 7
- 210
- orange-white-black
- brown-white-black
- 62
- 21
- 1000
- 5 %
- 2.5
- 6
- 630
- 4
- 16
- 93000
- brown-blue-orange
- 8.5
- 1300
- 2
- orange-white-brown
- 9100
- 28
- 610
- brown-brown-black
- 8500
- 22
- orange-white-red
- grey-brown-red
- 4.8
- 1500
- 18000
- white-white-black
- 92000
- 2400
- 0
- 60
- brown-orange-black
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