Electronic components & Resistor color codes

Electronic components & Resistor color codes
Colors and numerical values


Black 0

Brown 1

Red 2

Orange 3

Yellow 4

Green 5

Blue 6

Violet 7

Gray 8

White 9

An easy way to remember the colors is to just remember the following acronym to help you remember the order of the colors for the resistor color code from 0 to 9:

Bad Boys Ravage Our Young Girls, But Violet Gives Willingly.

Black, Brown, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Violet, Gray, White

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0

Multipliers

Color Multiplier Zeroes

Silver 0,01

Gold 0,1

Black 1

Brown 10 0

Red 100 00

Orange 1 000 000

Yellow 10 000 0000

Green 100 000 00000

Blue 1 000 000 000000

Violet 10 000 000 0000000

Easy to remeber tip: There is as many zeroes as would be the numerical value of the color.

Color codes for accuracy

Silver 10%

Gold 5%

Brown 1%

Red 2%

Green 0,5%

Blue 0,25%

Violet 0,1%

Different number of colors and how to read them

Four colors:

1. color ensimm䩮en number

2. color toinen number

3. color number of zeroes

4. color accuracy

Five colors:

1. color ensimm䩮en number

2. color toinen number

3. color kolmas number

4. color number of zeroes

5. color accuracy

Six colors:

1. color ensimm䩮en number

2. color toinen number

3. color kolmas number

4. color number of zeroes

5. color accuracy

6. color temperature coeffiecent