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.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does grey stand for?
- 2.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, white, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 3.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, white, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 4.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, violet, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 5.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 50 % (b) 0 % (c) 25 % (d) 5 %
- 6.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, grey, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 7.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 32 Ω resistor? (a) orange-red-brown (b) yellow-red-black (c) red-orange-black (d) orange-red-black
- 8.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does red stand for?
- 9.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, orange, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 10.🌈 Which band is read first on a resistor? (a) the widest gap (b) any band (c) the gold band (d) the one nearest an end
- 11.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, blue, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 12.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, white, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 13.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, violet, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 14.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, brown, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 15.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, white, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 16.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does white stand for?
- 17.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 69000 Ω resistor? (a) blue-white-yellow (b) white-blue-orange (c) blue-white-orange (d) blue-white-red
- 18.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does black stand for?
- 19.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 3700 Ω resistor? (a) violet-orange-red (b) orange-violet-orange (c) orange-violet-red (d) orange-violet-brown
- 20.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 570 Ω resistor? (a) green-violet-brown (b) green-violet-black (c) violet-green-brown (d) green-violet-red
- 21.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, yellow, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 22.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, grey, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 23.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does brown stand for?
- 24.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, brown, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 25.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, green, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 26.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, white, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 27.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 500 Ω resistor? (a) blue-green-brown (b) green-black-brown (c) green-black-red (d) green-black-black
- 28.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, violet, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 29.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, brown, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 30.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, red, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 31.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does green stand for?
- 32.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, grey, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 33.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, brown, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 34.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, orange, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 35.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 3000 Ω resistor? (a) orange-black-orange (b) orange-black-brown (c) yellow-orange-red (d) orange-black-red
- 36.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does blue stand for?
- 37.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, brown, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 38.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, blue, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 39.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, yellow, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 40.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, black, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
Answer key
- 8
- 69
- 89
- 470
- 5 %
- 1.8
- orange-red-black
- 2
- 130
- the one nearest an end
- 1.6
- 190
- 6.7
- 610
- 5.9
- 9
- blue-white-orange
- 0
- orange-violet-red
- green-violet-brown
- 5.4
- 38000
- 1
- 410
- 8.5
- 9900
- green-black-brown
- 77000
- 2.1
- 52
- 5
- 980
- 31
- 23000
- orange-black-red
- 6
- 2100
- 76000
- 24
- 7
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