Color

First

Second

Multiplier

Black
 

0

0

x1

Brown
 

1

1

x10

Red
 

2

2

x100

Orange
 

3

3

x1000

Yellow
 

4

4

x10000

Green
 

5

5

x100000

Blue
 

6

6

x1000000

Violet
 

7

7

x10000000

Gray
 

8

8

x100000000

White
 

9

9

None

Gold (+/-) 5%
Silver (+/-) 10%
None (+/-) 20%

 Examples

     

[Brown - 1] - [Black - 0] - [Red - 2]

10 x 100

1,000 (Ohms)


     

[Yellow - 4] - [Orange - 3] - [Blue - 6]

43 x 1000000

43,000,000 (Ohms)


         

[Violet - 7] - [Gray - 8] - [Black - 0]

[Gold - (+/- 5%)]

78 x 1

74.1 - 81.4 (Ohms)

Copyright 1999, Nick Lozinsky
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