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Resistor
Color
Coding
 Technical Terms

Resistor - A resistor is an electrical

component that limits or regulates the
flow of electrical current in an electronic
circuit.
Resistors can also be used to provide
a specific voltage for an active device
such as a transistor.
 Technical Terms

Resistor -An electrical component

that we use in electronics circuits to
limit current though an active
component or to reduce voltage in
the circuit.
 Technical Terms
Resistance – The measure of the opposition
of flow of current in an electrical circuit. The
OHM (SYMBOL: Ω) is the SI unit of the
electrical resistance.
Ohms are named after Georg Simon
Ohm (1784-1854), a German physicist
who studied the relationship between
voltage, current and resistance.
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Tolerance – the ability to tolerate or

the capacity to endure continued subjection
to something without adverse reaction.
The allowable limit a component can
have in a particular resistance value.
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– The fourth color in the 3-

Toleranc
band color-coding that indicates the
e
percentage of deviation from its color-coded
value.

TOLERANCE
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Semi-Conductor – It is a material that
is neither a good conductor of electricity nor a
good insulator but has properties of electrical
conductivity somewhere between the two.
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Transistor – It is a semiconductor device

used to amplify or switch electronic signals
and electrical power.
Resistor Color
Coding Chart
It is a scheme
to determine the
value of resistors
by color band
printed on their
bodies as code.
 How to read 4 band resistors
1. Position the resistor with the gold or silver color
band to the right. Remember, gold, silver, or no color
band always on the 4th band of the resistor.

1st BAND
4th TOLERANCE
2nd BAND 3rd BAND
 How to read 4 band resistors
2. Read the color sequence that must be decoded to
determine resistance. Read the bands from left to
right. The colors seen could be any of the following:
black, brown, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet,
gray, and white.

1st BAND 4th BAND

(NUMERICAL VALUE) (TOLERANCE)

2nd BAND 3rd BAND

(NUMERICAL VALUE) (MULTIPLIER)
 How to read 4 band resistors
3. In the 1st and 2nd Band, identify the resistive value by
assigning numbers to each colors and read them as follows:
Black to 0
Brown to 1
Red to 2
Orange to 3
Yellow to 4
Green to 5
Blue to 6
Violet to 7
Gray to 8
White to 9
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 How to read 4 band resistors
4. In the 3
rd

Band, identify
the multiplier
to be applied
by assigning
these values
to each color:
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How to read 4 band resistors
5. Read the color of the right-most band to determine the Tolerance
Value of the resistor.
A gold band indicates that the actual resistance of the resistor will be
within ±5 percent of the value indicated by the coding.
A silver band indicates that the actual resistance of the resistor will
be within ±10 percent of the number indicated by the coding.
These values are important to calculate the variations that will occur
from circuit to circuit randomly as more parts of the circuit are built.
Let’s read them now…

1st BAND 4th BAND

(NUMERICAL VALUE) (TOLERANCE)

2nd BAND 3rd BAND

(NUMERICAL VALUE) (MULTIPLIER)

Brown Gold
(NUMERICAL VALUE = 1) (TOLERANCE = ±5%)
Green Red
(NUMERICAL VALUE = 5) (MULTIPLIER = x100 Ω)
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Let’s read them now…

Brown Gold
(NUMERICAL VALUE = 1) (TOLERANCE = ±5%)
Green Red
(NUMERICAL VALUE = 5) (MULTIPLIER = x100 Ω)

1 5 X 100Ω = 1500Ω ±5%

or 1.5 KΩ ±5%
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 Multiplier Technique
1. On each color each
color band remove
the Ω or KΩ symbol. 1
10
2. Count the number 100

of zero (s) in each 1,000

equivalent color. 10,000

100,000
3. Connect the zero(s) 1,000,000
to the first two digit 10,000,000

value of the resistor. 100,000,000

3. Simplify the value 1,000,000,000

if it is in KΩ or in MΩ. .1

.01
18 19 20 21 25
Let’s try this one…

Brown Silver
(NUMERICAL VALUE = 1) (TOLERANCE = ±10%)
Red Orange
(NUMERICAL VALUE = 2) (MULTIPLIER = x1000 Ω)

1 2 X 1000Ω = 12000Ω ±10%

or 12 KΩ ±10%
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Let’s try again on this one…

Red Gold
(NUMERICAL VALUE = 2) (TOLERANCE = ±5%)
Red Brown
(NUMERICAL VALUE = 2) (MULTIPLIER = x10 Ω)

2 2 X 10Ω = 220Ω ±5%

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Let’s try another one…

Yellow Gold
(NUMERICAL VALUE = 4) (TOLERANCE = ±5%)
Violet Red
(NUMERICAL VALUE = 7) (MULTIPLIER = x100 Ω)

4 7 X 100Ω = 4700Ω ±5%

or 4.7 KΩ ±5%
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You can read this now…

White Gold
(NUMERICAL VALUE = 9) (TOLERANCE = ±5%)
Black Green
(NUMERICAL VALUE = 0) (MULTIPLIER = x100KΩ or 100,000)

9 0 X 100,000Ω = 9,000,000Ω ±5%

or 9 MΩ ±5%
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 What does Tolerance in a resistor
mean?
In a resistor, tolerance is the maximum and
minimum difference between the required
value and its actual resistance value
and is generally expressed as a plus or minus
(±) percentage value. In other words, it is the
allowable limit a resistor can have in a
particular resistance value.
 What does Tolerance in a resistor
mean?
For example you have a 100Ω resistance value and with
a ± 5% tolerance value for a resistor.
How to get the 5 % of 100Ω?
1. First change 5% to decimal form = .05
2. Then multiply the value of resistance to the
decimal value of the percentage:

100Ω X .05 = 5Ω
 What does Tolerance in a resistor
mean?
Since 5Ω is the 5% of 100Ω then this resistor may
have a maximum and minimum resistive value of:
Maximum Resistance Value = 100Ω + 5Ω = 105Ω
Minimum Resistance Value = 100Ω – 5Ω = 95Ω
This means that the resistor can hold a resistance
value from 95Ω to 105Ω
 How about this…?
100Ω ±5% Brown, Black, Brown, Gold
45Ω ±10% Yellow, Green, Black, Silver
6.7KΩ ±5% Blue, Violet, Red, Gold
300KΩ ±5% Orange, Black, Yellow, Gold
8.1MΩ ±10% Gray, Brown, Green, Silver
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 Until next
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