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, yellow, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 2.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, white, red. 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, brown, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 5.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, yellow, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 6.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does black stand for?
- 7.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark an 86 Ω resistor? (a) grey-blue-brown (b) blue-grey-black (c) white-blue-black (d) grey-blue-black
- 8.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, blue, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 9.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, white, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 10.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, red, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 11.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, grey, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 12.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does orange stand for?
- 13.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, black, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 14.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does violet stand for?
- 15.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does grey stand for?
- 16.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 65 Ω resistor? (a) blue-green-black (b) blue-green-brown (c) violet-green-black (d) green-blue-black
- 17.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, green, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 18.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 68 Ω resistor? (a) grey-blue-black (b) blue-grey-black (c) violet-grey-black (d) blue-grey-brown
- 19.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, red, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 20.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 910 Ω resistor? (a) white-brown-black (b) white-brown-brown (c) brown-white-brown (d) white-brown-red
- 21.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, orange, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 22.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands green, green, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 23.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 240 Ω resistor? (a) red-yellow-black (b) yellow-red-brown (c) red-yellow-brown (d) red-yellow-red
- 24.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, white, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 25.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 72 Ω resistor? (a) red-violet-black (b) violet-red-black (c) violet-red-brown (d) grey-red-black
- 26.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, white, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 27.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, black, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 28.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, black, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 29.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, brown, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 30.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, orange, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 31.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, blue, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 32.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, grey, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 33.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, white, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 34.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does yellow stand for?
- 35.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, blue, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 36.🌈 Which band is read first on a resistor? (a) the one nearest an end (b) the widest gap (c) any band (d) the gold band
- 37.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 4300 Ω resistor? (a) yellow-orange-orange (b) orange-yellow-red (c) yellow-orange-red (d) yellow-orange-brown
- 38.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does brown stand for?
- 39.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, green, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 40.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands grey, white, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
Answer key
- 14
- 6900
- 5 %
- 6.1
- 740
- 0
- grey-blue-black
- 86000
- 890
- 22
- 58000
- 3
- 20
- 7
- 8
- blue-green-black
- 150
- blue-grey-black
- 62
- white-brown-brown
- 930
- 5.5
- red-yellow-brown
- 690
- violet-red-black
- 4900
- 40
- 300
- 1.1
- 130
- 4.6
- 7800
- 6.9
- 4
- 4600
- the one nearest an end
- yellow-orange-red
- 1
- 7500
- 8900
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