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 blue, orange, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 2.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 50 % (b) 25 % (c) 5 % (d) 0 %
- 3.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, red, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 4.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 34 Ω resistor? (a) yellow-orange-black (b) yellow-yellow-black (c) orange-yellow-brown (d) orange-yellow-black
- 5.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark an 8900 Ω resistor? (a) white-grey-red (b) grey-white-orange (c) grey-white-brown (d) grey-white-red
- 6.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 67000 Ω resistor? (a) blue-violet-yellow (b) violet-blue-orange (c) blue-violet-orange (d) blue-violet-red
- 7.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, yellow, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 8.🌈 Which band is read first on a resistor? (a) the one nearest an end (b) any band (c) the widest gap (d) the gold band
- 9.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 53000 Ω resistor? (a) green-orange-yellow (b) green-orange-red (c) orange-green-orange (d) green-orange-orange
- 10.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 99000 Ω resistor? (a) white-white-orange (b) white-black-orange (c) white-white-red (d) white-white-yellow
- 11.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, violet, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 12.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, black, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 13.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, black, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 14.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 900 Ω resistor? (a) white-black-red (b) white-black-brown (c) brown-white-brown (d) white-black-black
- 15.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, brown, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 16.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does yellow stand for?
- 17.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 75 Ω resistor? (a) violet-green-black (b) green-violet-black (c) violet-green-brown (d) grey-green-black
- 18.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does violet stand for?
- 19.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, yellow, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 20.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, black, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 21.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 3100 Ω resistor? (a) brown-orange-red (b) orange-brown-orange (c) orange-brown-brown (d) orange-brown-red
- 22.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does red stand for?
- 23.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does grey stand for?
- 24.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 51000 Ω resistor? (a) green-brown-red (b) brown-green-orange (c) green-brown-orange (d) green-brown-yellow
- 25.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 94 Ω resistor? (a) yellow-white-black (b) white-yellow-brown (c) brown-yellow-black (d) white-yellow-black
- 26.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, white, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 27.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, grey, brown. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 28.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 10 Ω resistor? (a) red-black-black (b) brown-black-black (c) brown-black-brown (d) red-brown-black
- 29.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands brown, blue, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 30.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, red, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 31.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does green stand for?
- 32.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, yellow, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 33.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, blue, yellow. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 34.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 340 Ω resistor? (a) orange-yellow-red (b) orange-yellow-brown (c) orange-yellow-black (d) yellow-orange-brown
- 35.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 70 Ω resistor? (a) violet-black-black (b) violet-black-brown (c) grey-black-black (d) grey-violet-black
- 36.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, blue, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 37.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, yellow, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 38.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 460 Ω resistor? (a) yellow-blue-red (b) yellow-blue-black (c) yellow-blue-brown (d) blue-yellow-brown
- 39.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands yellow, orange, orange. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 40.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 600 Ω resistor? (a) blue-black-black (b) blue-black-brown (c) blue-black-red (d) violet-blue-brown
Answer key
- 630
- 5 %
- 3200
- orange-yellow-black
- grey-white-red
- blue-violet-orange
- 64
- the one nearest an end
- green-orange-orange
- white-white-orange
- 170
- 70
- 60
- white-black-brown
- 110
- 4
- violet-green-black
- 7
- 140
- 2
- orange-brown-red
- 2
- 8
- green-brown-orange
- white-yellow-black
- 190
- 380
- brown-black-black
- 16000
- 2.2
- 5
- 740
- 360
- orange-yellow-brown
- violet-black-black
- 4600
- 2400
- yellow-blue-brown
- 43000
- blue-black-brown
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