LAB EXPERIMENT 2

RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT WITH COLOR CODE AND DMM

COLOR CODE CHART
A resistor can have 4, 5 or six
bands.

• The first two bands represent the first and

second digits, respectively.

• The third band determines the power-of-ten

multiplier for the first two digits (actually
the number of zeros that follow the second
digit for resistors greater than 10 Ω.)

• The fourth band is the manufacturer’s

tolerance, which is an indication of the
precision by which the resistor was made.
EXAMPLE
RESISTANCE VALUES LOWER THAN 10 Ω
FIVE AND SIX BANDS
EXPERIMENT