Color Coding of Resistors

Héctor García Melchor

Resistor color codes
Five-band color coding for fixed resistors
Resistor Color Codes
Resistor Color Codes
 Resistor Color Codes

For four, five, or six bands, if the tolerance is less than 5%,
the following colors are used to reflect the % tolerances:
brown 1%, red 2%, green 0.5%, blue 0.25%, and violet
0.1%.
Ejercicio 1

A resistor manufacturer produces carbon composition resistors of 100 MΩ,

with

a tolerance of 5%. What will be the color codes on the resistor? (Left to right)
Answer: Brown Black Violet Gold
Ejercicio 2

Calculate the total resistance of the network shown in Figure

Ejercicio 3

Given resistors having the following color codes (as read from left to right),

determine the resistance, tolerance and reliability of each component.

Express the uncertainty in both percentage and ohms.

a) Brown Green Yellow Silver a) 150±10%kΩ

b) Yellow Violet Blue Gold b) 4.7x107Ω

c) Orange White Black Gold Red c) 39±2%

Ejercicio 3

36. Determine the color codes required if you need the following resistors for a

project:

a) 33 kΩ 5%, 0.1% reliability

b) 820 Ω 10%
c) 15 Ω 20%
d) 2.7 MΩ 5%