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Resistor Color Code Chart

There are three types of resistor color coding. Each have different number of color bands and provide different information. The band number that contains the given value is shown in braces [ ]. This is illustrated in the these two tables:
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6-band color code

3 digits, multiplier, tolerance,
thermal coefficient
5-band color code

3 digits, multiplier, tolerance
4-band color code

2 digits, multiplier, tolerance
Enter all the color bands. Select None for field 6. Select None for fields 3 and 6.
Color Digits [1-3] Multiplier [4] Tolerance [5] TC [6]
Black 0 1    
Brown 1 10 1% 100ppm
Red 2 100 2% 50ppm
Orange 3 1k   15ppm
Yellow 4 10k   25ppm
Green 5 100k 0.5%  
Blue 6 1M 0.25%  
Violet 7 10M    
Gray 8      
White 9      
Gold     5%  
Silver     10%  

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