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 grey, violet, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 2.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, black, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 3.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 470 Ω resistor? (a) violet-yellow-brown (b) yellow-violet-brown (c) yellow-violet-black (d) yellow-violet-red
- 4.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does red stand for?
- 5.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does orange stand for?
- 6.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does grey stand for?
- 7.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 96 Ω resistor? (a) blue-white-black (b) white-blue-black (c) white-blue-brown (d) brown-blue-black
- 8.🌈 Which band is read first on a resistor? (a) the gold band (b) the widest gap (c) the one nearest an end (d) any band
- 9.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, black, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 10.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, violet, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 11.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 12000 Ω resistor? (a) brown-red-yellow (b) red-brown-orange (c) brown-red-red (d) brown-red-orange
- 12.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, red, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 13.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 50 % (b) 25 % (c) 5 % (d) 0 %
- 14.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, red, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 15.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, white, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 16.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 92 Ω resistor? (a) red-white-black (b) white-red-black (c) white-red-brown (d) brown-red-black
- 17.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, yellow, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 18.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, grey, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 19.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does white stand for?
- 20.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does black stand for?
- 21.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, grey, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 22.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 63000 Ω resistor? (a) blue-orange-orange (b) blue-orange-red (c) orange-blue-orange (d) blue-orange-yellow
- 23.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, blue, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 24.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, white, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 25.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, orange, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 26.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, violet, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 27.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, yellow, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 28.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, grey, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 29.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, red, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 30.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, white, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 31.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, blue, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 32.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, yellow, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 33.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, white, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 34.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, orange, black. 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 yellow, grey, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 37.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, green, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 38.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, orange, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 39.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, white, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 40.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, brown, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
Answer key
- 8.7
- 40
- yellow-violet-brown
- 2
- 3
- 8
- white-blue-black
- the one nearest an end
- 800
- 97
- brown-red-orange
- 92
- 5 %
- 420
- 990
- white-red-black
- 1400
- 3.8
- 9
- 0
- 68
- blue-orange-orange
- 8600
- 4900
- 9300
- 97
- 3.4
- 2800
- 92000
- 890
- 2.6
- 64000
- 49
- 43
- 6
- 48
- 4.5
- 8300
- 49
- 910
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