RESISTOR COLOUR CODES ===================== COLOUR | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH --------+-----+-----+-------+----- black| 0 | 0 | x1 | - brown| 1 | 1 | x10 | 1% red| 2 | 2 | x100 | 2% orange| 3 | 3 | x1k | 3% yellow| 4 | 4 | x10k | 4% green| 5 | 5 | x100k | - blue| 6 | 6 | x1M | - violet| 7 | 7 | - | - grey| 8 | 8 | - | - white| 9 | 9 | - | - gold| - | - | x.1 | 5% silver| - | - | x.01 | 10% --------------+-----+------------- _____| |______ | 1st | 1st digit | | 2nd | 2nd digit | | 3rd | multiplyer | | 4th | tolerance | ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ .----------------------. |---SCIENTIFIC-UNITS---| +----------------------+ | k = kilo = 1.000 | | M = mega = 1.000.000 | '----------------------' —————————————————————————————————— Example: 1 |2 |3 | 4 .———._____.———. ( br|gr|br | gd ) `———´¯¯¯¯¯`———´ 1 |5 |x10| 5% = 150 ohm with a tolerance of 5% |