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How to identify resistance value
of a resistor with color codes
Raghavendra Pal
Resistor
• Resistor controls the amount of current
flow in a circuit.
• Resistor comes with predefined value.
• To determine the value of resistance it is
required to understand the color codes.

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Resistor color codes
4 band code 5 band code

Digit Digit Multiplier Tolerance Digit Digit Digit Multiplier Tolerance

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Resistor color codes
Black Brown Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Violet Grey White Silver Gold

Digit 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 - -
Multiplier 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 10-2 10-1
Tolerance - 1% 2% 3% 4% 0.5% 0.25% 0.1% .05% - 10% 5%

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Resistor color codes
Black Brown Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Violet Grey White Silver Gold

Digit 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 - -
Multiplier 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 10-2 10-1
Tolerance - 1% 2% 3% 4% 0.5% 0.25% 0.1% .05% - 10% 5%

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