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Resistor Color Codes

Resistors have color-coded bands to indicate their resistance and tolerance. Cheaper resistors have 4 bands and looser tolerances, while better ones have 5 bands and tighter tolerances. Surface-mount resistors use a 3-digit code like 104 to indicate resistance.

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Resistor Color Codes

Resistors have color-coded bands to indicate their resistance and tolerance. Cheaper resistors have 4 bands and looser tolerances, while better ones have 5 bands and tighter tolerances. Surface-mount resistors use a 3-digit code like 104 to indicate resistance.

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Resistor Identification

The end with more bands should point left when reading colors.

Inexpensive resistors 560k Ω


usually have 4 bands with +/- 10% tolerance
and looser tolerance

Better resistors usually 237 Ω


have 5 bands and with +/- 1% tolerance
narrower tolerance

Color 1st Band 2nd Band 3rd Band Multiplier Tolerance


Black 0 0 0 x1Ω
Brown 1 1 1 x 10 Ω +/- 1%
Red 2 2 2 x 100 Ω +/- 2%
Orange 3 3 3 x 1K Ω
Yellow 4 4 4 x 10K Ω
Green 5 5 5 x 100K Ω +/- .5%
Blue 6 6 6 x 1M Ω +/- .25%
Violet 7 7 7 x 10M Ω +/- .1%
Grey 8 8 8 +/- .05%
White 9 9 9
Gold x .1 Ω +/- 5%
Silver x .01 Ω +/- 10%

Surface-Mount
Surface-Mount (SMD) resistors use a similar system. Resistance is indicated by a 3-digit code
like 104, sometimes followed by a letter. Rare, precision resistors have 4 digits (3+multiplier).

1st Digit 2nd Digit 3rd Digit (rare) Multiplier


104 1 0 4
(10 with 4 zeros)
= 100k Ω

• 0 Ω resistors (marked “0”) are used instead of wire links to simplify robotic assembly.
• Resistors less than 100Ω use a 0 multiplier to mean “x 1” so “100” = 10Ω, “470” = 47Ω

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