How to Read a Resistor

Resistors are color coded with markings or bands that allow you to quickly identify resistance values and tolerance. Watch this video to learn more about how to read a resistor.
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These all resistance value colors below:
Value. Color. Multiplier (x10) Tolerance
0. Black 0
1. Brown 1 1 %
2. Red 2 2%
3. Orange 3
4. Yellow 4
5. Green 5 0.5%
6. Blue 6 0.25%
7. Purple/Violet 7 0.1%
8. Grey 8 0.05%
9. White 9
10. Gold -1 5%
11. Silver -2 10%
12. No color --- 20%
For example of 4 band or 5 band color of a resistor:
For 4 band color:
10 Ω with tolerance is 5%
(brown - black - black - gold)
47 Ω with tolerance is 5%
(yellow - purple/violet - black - gold)
560 Ω with tolerance 5%
(green - blue - brown - gold)
5.100 Ω (5,1k/5K1Ω) with tolerance is 5%
(green - brown - red - gold)
15.000 Ω (15kΩ) with tolerance is 5%
(brown - green - orange - gold)
270.000 Ω (270kΩ) with tolerance is 5%
(red - purple/violet - yellow - gold)
2.000.000 Ω (2MΩ) with tolerance is 5%
(red - black - green -gold)
12.000.000 Ω (12MΩ) with tolerance is 5%
(brown - red - blue - gold)
240.000.000 Ω (240MΩ) with tolerance is 5%
(red - yellow - purple/violet - gold)
1.000.000.000 Ω (1GΩ) with tolerance is 5%
(brown - black - grey - gold)
47.000.000.000 Ω (47GΩ) with tolerance is 5%
(yellow - purple/violet - white - gold)
For 5 band color:
47 Ω with tolerance is 1%
(yellow - purple/violet - black - silver - brown)
390 Ω with tolerance is 2%
(oramge - white - black - black - red)
2.200 Ω (2,2k/2K2Ω) with tolerance is 1%
(red - red - black - brown - brown)
51.000 Ω (51kΩ) with tolerance is 1%
(green - brown - black - red - brown)
470.000 Ω (470kΩ) with tolerance 2%
(yellow - purple/violet - black - orange - red)
1.500.000 Ω (1,5MΩ) with tolerance is 2%
(brown - green - black - yellow - red)
15.000.000 Ω (15MΩ) with tolerance is 1%
(brown - green - black - green - brown)
470.000.000 Ω (470MΩ) with tolerance is 1%
(yellow - purple/violet - black - blue - brown)
1.500.000.000 Ω (1,5GΩ) with tolerance is 2%
(brown - green - black - purple/violet - red)
56.000.000.000 Ω (56GΩ) with tolerance is 1%
(green - blue - black - grey - brown)
470.000.000.000 Ω (470GΩ) with tolerance is 2%
(yellow - purple/violet - black - white - red)

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You forgot tk mention that no band at the end means +/- 20% tolerance

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Oh my God, how I hate reading these things. Thanks for explaining it step by step!
The colors on the resistors I have are all evenly spaced, so I have to start reading at the side that doesn't have a gold or silver colored band

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Ignoring brown and grey?

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I have two resisters. Both have 5 bands, no spaces, and only slightly different colors. Yet, I know one is 1K ohm and the other is 10K ohm. How do I know which is which since there is no directionality and the colors are ridiculously close to each other. One looks like brown, brown, black, black, brown. The other looks like brown, red, black, black, brown.

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So if the multiplier is black it would stay the same right?

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Would it not make more sense to write it on the side In manufacturing ?

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Well 3M6 is another way of writing 3.6 mega ohms, which is 3.6x10^6 or 36x10^5, which would be orange, blue, green from the table.
For 5.72 ohms, this scheme would not be able to represent the 2, but since the tolerances which can be represented are 5% and 10%, and that 2 represents about 0.35%, its within the smallest margin of error for this system anyway, so we could just represent it with 5.7, or green, violet, gold.

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1:32 - is this a joke or it actually is silver and not grey aka 10^-2, not 10^8(grey) ??

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How do I figure it out if resistance already burned? Can I just replace to any please help me

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Could it be with 4 bands how you calculate it please?
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How are you supposed to tell the beginning from the end?? What if you read it backwards and get something else?

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Why 142 thumps down?. May be they expected some brasier bands rules to calculate the size.

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I have resistors that have no space different in between. So how do i know which is the first band?

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I just dont get how you deicde if its gold or silver at the end. everything else makes since

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Gold is 10(-1) and silver is 10(-2)

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The multiplier

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So what type or how many resistors would I need if the ohms are 520.4
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Can I get the resistor colour code chart pdf please

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Pls help with the last example... anyone..
How was the tolerance determined to be +/- 10%?

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What’s the colour of a 2.2 meg?