Resistor Color Codes
| Resistor Color Codes | NightShade
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| Band Color | Value | Multiplier | Tolerance | Temp. Coef. | |||||||
| Name | Code | Color | Band 1 | Band 2 | Band 3 | Percent | Letter | ppm/K | Letter | ||
| Black | BK | 0 | 0 | 0 | x100 | x1 | - | - | 250 | U | |
| Brown | BN | 1 | 1 | 1 | x101 | x10 | ±1% | F | 100 | S | |
| Red | RD | 2 | 2 | 2 | x102 | x100 | ±2% | G | 50 | R | |
| Orange | OG | 3 | 3 | 3 | x103 | x1,000 | - | - | 15 | P | |
| Yellow | YE | 4 | 4 | 4 | x104 | x10,000 | - | - | 25 | Q | |
| Green | GN | 5 | 5 | 5 | x105 | x100,000 | ±0.5% | D | 20 | Z | |
| Blue | BU | 6 | 6 | 6 | x106 | x1,000,000 | ±0.25% | C | 10 | Z | |
| Violet | VT | 7 | 7 | 7 | x107 | x10,000,000 | ±0.1% | B | 5 | M | |
| Gray | GY | 8 | 8 | 8 | x108 | x100,000,000 | ±0.05% | A | 1 | K | |
| White | WH | 9 | 9 | 9 | x109 | x1,000,000,000 | - | - | - | - | |
| Gold | GD | - | - | - | x10-1 | x0.1 | ±5% | J | - | - | |
| Silver | SR | - | - | - | x10-2 | x0.01 | ±10% | K | - | - | |
| Pink | PK | - | - | - | x10-3 | x0.001 | - | - | - | - | |
| None | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ±20% | M | - | - |
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| Example | |||||||||||
| 5 or 6 Band | 620 (Blue, Red, Black) x10-2 (Silver) ±5% (Gold) = 6.2Ω ± 5% | ||||||||||
| 4 Band | 62 (Blue, Red) x10-1 (Gold) ±5% (Gold) = 6.2Ω ± 5% | ||||||||||