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Resistor Color Coding Explained

Resistor color coding uses colored bands on resistors to indicate their resistance value and tolerance. The bands correspond to numbers or multipliers, allowing you to calculate the exact resistance. Knowing how to read resistor codes is important for understanding electrical circuits and troubleshooting them.

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Resistor Color Coding Explained

Resistor color coding uses colored bands on resistors to indicate their resistance value and tolerance. The bands correspond to numbers or multipliers, allowing you to calculate the exact resistance. Knowing how to read resistor codes is important for understanding electrical circuits and troubleshooting them.

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Color Coding

What i s a Re s i s t or c ol or
c odi ng?

a strategy to get the resistance value


of a resistor without using any
instrument
How can we get its
resistance value?
Each resistor contains two leads and a
ceramic component that opposes the
flow of electricity between them.
Resistor is made up of colored strips
that show the resistance value
Has passive two-terminals
electrical component

Has colored strips called


bands with a specific value
Multiplier Tolerance

Temperature
Black Coefficient
Brown
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Violet
Grey
White
colors Value Tolerance

BLACK 0
BROWN 1 1%
RED 2 2%
ORANGE 3
YELLOW 4
GREEN 5 0.5%
BLUE 6 0.25%
VIOLET 7 0.1%
GREY 8 0.05%
WHITE 9
SILVER .1 10%
To easily memorize the chart , use the
mnemonics

“Big Boys Race Our Young Girls But


Violet Generally Wins FOR Silver and
Gold"
B Black G Green
B Brown B Blue
R Red V Violet
O Orange G Grey
Y Yellow W White
Black zero , brown one, Red is 2, Orange is
3, yellow is 4, green 5 blue 6 , violet 7, Grey
is 8 and White is 9 .

There’s still a gold and silver (2x)


Silver’s value is a point 1
And gold is, point zero one
Example:

First Band Yellow 4


Second Band Violet 7
Multiplier Orange 1kΩ
Tolerance Gold 5%
Color Code = 47 x 1k Ω with a tolerance of +/- 5%.
= 47 kΩ with a tolerance of +/- 5%.
Example:

First Band red 2


Second Band red 2
Multiplier black 1Ω
Tolerance green 0.5%

Color Code = 22 x 1 Ω with a tolerance of +/- 0.5%.


= 22 Ω with a tolerance of +/- 0.5%.
1 23
How important is
knowing the exact
value of a resistor in
a circuit?
How can knowledge
about resistor color
coding helps you as a
future educator?
How will you relate the
knowledge about resistor
color coding in your daily
lives?
1 3
5
2 4
1. Is an electrical component that
limits or regulates the flow of
electrical current in an
electronic circuit.

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2. In resistor color coding chart,
yellow is equivalent to?

A. 5 B.6 C.4
3. All resistor has only 4 color
band.

A. True B. False C. Sometimes


4. Resistors are made to provide
voltage in a circuit.

A. True B. False C. Sometimes


5. what is the value of a resistor
that contains the color ; yellow,
yellow, orange, gold?

A. 47 kΩ with a tolerance of +/- 5%.


B. 44 kΩ with a tolerance of +/- 5%.
C. 34 kΩ with a tolerance of +/- 5%.
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