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 colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 98 Ω resistor? (a) white-grey-brown (b) grey-white-black (c) brown-grey-black (d) white-grey-black
- 2.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 28000 Ω resistor? (a) grey-red-orange (b) red-grey-yellow (c) red-grey-red (d) red-grey-orange
- 3.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does black stand for?
- 4.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 29000 Ω resistor? (a) white-red-orange (b) red-white-red (c) red-white-yellow (d) red-white-orange
- 5.🌈 Which band is read first on a resistor? (a) the gold band (b) the one nearest an end (c) any band (d) the widest gap
- 6.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 67 Ω resistor? (a) violet-violet-black (b) violet-blue-black (c) blue-violet-brown (d) blue-violet-black
- 7.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 0 % (b) 25 % (c) 50 % (d) 5 %
- 8.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, yellow, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 9.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, green, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 10.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, red, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 11.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does red stand for?
- 12.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, white, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 13.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, green, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 14.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark an 84000 Ω resistor? (a) grey-yellow-yellow (b) yellow-grey-orange (c) grey-yellow-orange (d) grey-yellow-red
- 15.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does grey stand for?
- 16.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, yellow, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 17.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark an 81 Ω resistor? (a) grey-brown-black (b) grey-brown-brown (c) brown-grey-black (d) white-brown-black
- 18.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, white, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 19.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark an 18 Ω resistor? (a) brown-grey-black (b) brown-grey-brown (c) grey-brown-black (d) red-grey-black
- 20.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 530 Ω resistor? (a) green-orange-black (b) green-orange-brown (c) green-orange-red (d) orange-green-brown
- 21.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, brown, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 22.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 69000 Ω resistor? (a) blue-white-red (b) blue-white-yellow (c) blue-white-orange (d) white-blue-orange
- 23.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 91 Ω resistor? (a) white-brown-brown (b) brown-white-black (c) brown-brown-black (d) white-brown-black
- 24.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, violet, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 25.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 960 Ω resistor? (a) white-blue-brown (b) white-blue-red (c) blue-white-brown (d) white-blue-black
- 26.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, yellow, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 27.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 92 Ω resistor? (a) white-red-brown (b) white-red-black (c) brown-red-black (d) red-white-black
- 28.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark an 8400 Ω resistor? (a) grey-yellow-orange (b) grey-yellow-red (c) yellow-grey-red (d) grey-yellow-brown
- 29.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 28 Ω resistor? (a) red-grey-brown (b) red-grey-black (c) grey-red-black (d) orange-grey-black
- 30.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, blue, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 31.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does green stand for?
- 32.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 590 Ω resistor? (a) green-white-black (b) green-white-red (c) green-white-brown (d) white-green-brown
- 33.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does brown stand for?
- 34.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 260 Ω resistor? (a) red-blue-red (b) red-blue-brown (c) red-blue-black (d) blue-red-brown
- 35.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 57000 Ω resistor? (a) green-violet-orange (b) green-violet-yellow (c) violet-green-orange (d) green-violet-red
- 36.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, grey, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 37.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does violet stand for?
- 38.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, green, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 39.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, violet, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 40.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, green, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
Answer key
- white-grey-black
- red-grey-orange
- 0
- red-white-orange
- the one nearest an end
- blue-violet-black
- 5 %
- 44000
- 250
- 2.2
- 2
- 390
- 75
- grey-yellow-orange
- 8
- 140
- grey-brown-black
- 1.9
- brown-grey-black
- green-orange-brown
- 6.1
- blue-white-orange
- white-brown-black
- 6700
- white-blue-brown
- 940
- white-red-black
- grey-yellow-red
- red-grey-black
- 360
- 5
- green-white-brown
- 1
- red-blue-brown
- green-violet-orange
- 980
- 7
- 6500
- 5.7
- 35
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