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 brown, brown, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 2.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, brown, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 3.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 0 % (b) 5 % (c) 50 % (d) 25 %
- 4.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, orange, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 5.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, red, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 6.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, yellow, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 7.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, yellow, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 8.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, yellow, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 9.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, white, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 10.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, brown, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 11.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does orange stand for?
- 12.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, violet, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 13.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, black, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 14.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, blue, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 15.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does violet stand for?
- 16.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, orange, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 17.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does brown stand for?
- 18.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does green stand for?
- 19.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark an 830 Ω resistor? (a) orange-grey-brown (b) grey-orange-brown (c) grey-orange-red (d) grey-orange-black
- 20.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does yellow stand for?
- 21.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, red, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 22.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 19000 Ω resistor? (a) brown-white-orange (b) brown-white-yellow (c) brown-white-red (d) white-brown-orange
- 23.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, blue, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 24.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, blue, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 25.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, orange, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 26.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, blue, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 27.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, orange, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 28.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, brown, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 29.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, brown, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 30.🌈 Which band is read first on a resistor? (a) the widest gap (b) the gold band (c) the one nearest an end (d) any band
- 31.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, brown, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 32.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark an 80000 Ω resistor? (a) grey-black-yellow (b) grey-black-orange (c) white-grey-orange (d) grey-black-red
- 33.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, blue, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 34.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 770 Ω resistor? (a) violet-violet-black (b) violet-violet-red (c) violet-grey-brown (d) violet-violet-brown
- 35.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 29000 Ω resistor? (a) red-white-orange (b) red-white-red (c) red-white-yellow (d) white-red-orange
- 36.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 72000 Ω resistor? (a) red-violet-orange (b) violet-red-red (c) violet-red-orange (d) violet-red-yellow
- 37.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, brown, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 38.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, black, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 39.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, green, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 40.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 2700 Ω resistor? (a) red-violet-orange (b) violet-red-red (c) red-violet-brown (d) red-violet-red
Answer key
- 11000
- 710
- 5 %
- 630
- 720
- 84000
- 640
- 84
- 490
- 61
- 3
- 57000
- 800
- 460
- 7
- 73000
- 1
- 5
- grey-orange-brown
- 4
- 32000
- brown-white-orange
- 56
- 460
- 730
- 26000
- 13
- 9.1
- 91
- the one nearest an end
- 5100
- grey-black-orange
- 6600
- violet-violet-brown
- red-white-orange
- violet-red-orange
- 910
- 80
- 4500
- red-violet-red
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