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 black stand for?
- 2.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 7500 Ω resistor? (a) violet-green-orange (b) violet-green-red (c) violet-green-brown (d) green-violet-red
- 3.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 5 % (b) 50 % (c) 0 % (d) 25 %
- 4.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, white, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 5.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does brown stand for?
- 6.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, orange, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 7.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does orange stand for?
- 8.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, yellow, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 9.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does violet stand for?
- 10.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, yellow, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 11.🌈 Which band is read first on a resistor? (a) the one nearest an end (b) any band (c) the gold band (d) the widest gap
- 12.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, grey, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 13.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, brown, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 14.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, black, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 15.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, red, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 16.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, blue, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 17.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, white, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 18.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, violet, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 19.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 19 Ω resistor? (a) red-white-black (b) brown-white-brown (c) brown-white-black (d) white-brown-black
- 20.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, brown, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 21.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does grey stand for?
- 22.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, yellow, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 23.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, grey, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 24.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, grey, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 25.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, red, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 26.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, green, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 27.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, yellow, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 28.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, red, yellow. 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.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, brown, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 31.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, grey, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 32.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, violet, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 33.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, brown, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 34.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 31 Ω resistor? (a) yellow-brown-black (b) orange-brown-brown (c) brown-orange-black (d) orange-brown-black
- 35.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 34 Ω resistor? (a) orange-yellow-black (b) yellow-orange-black (c) yellow-yellow-black (d) orange-yellow-brown
- 36.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 93 Ω resistor? (a) orange-white-black (b) brown-orange-black (c) white-orange-brown (d) white-orange-black
- 37.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, orange, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 38.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 570 Ω resistor? (a) green-violet-brown (b) green-violet-red (c) violet-green-brown (d) green-violet-black
- 39.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, violet, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 40.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, brown, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
Answer key
- 0
- violet-green-red
- 5 %
- 390
- 1
- 630
- 3
- 4.4
- 7
- 9.4
- the one nearest an end
- 5800
- 11
- 9
- 22
- 76
- 4.9
- 17000
- brown-white-black
- 31000
- 8
- 740
- 3800
- 480
- 92
- 4500
- 7.4
- 420
- 56
- 81
- 180
- 77
- 5100
- orange-brown-black
- orange-yellow-black
- white-orange-black
- 93000
- green-violet-brown
- 87000
- 510
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