Electronic Resistor Color Codes

Resistor values are marked with small colored stripes. The first two stripes represent numeric values and the third stripe is a multiplier. The fourth stripe gives you the resistor’s tolerance — that is, it tells you how close to the indicated value you can expect the resistance to actually be.


For example, a resistor with brown, black, orange, and gold stripes is a 10,000 whose actual resistance may vary by as much as 10%.

















































































ColorDigitMultiplier (in Ohms)Tolerance
Black0120%
Brown1101%
Red21002%
Orange31 k3%
Yellow410 k4%
Green5100 k
Blue61 M
Violet710 M
Gray8100 M
White91,000 M
Gold
0.15%
Silver
0.0110%








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