Resistor Color Codes
Jul 15, 2003 12:00 PM
Color
1stband
(1st figure)2ndband
(2nd figure)3rdband
(multiplier)4thband
(tolerance)Black00100
Brown11101
Red
Color
1stband
(1st figure)2ndband
(2nd figure)3rdband
(3rd figure)4thband
(multiplier)5thband
(tolerance)Black000100
Brown111101�1%
Red
The Standard EIA Resistor Color Code is used to imprint a resistor’svalue and tolerance in a standardized shorthand. Resistors will haveeither four or five color bands. The basic method of determining thevalue is the same for each, but there are some minor differences.
Four-band Resistors
2
2
102
�2%
Orange
3
3
103
Yellow
4
4
104
Green55105
Blue66106
Violet77107
Gray
8
8
108
White
9
9
109
Gold
10-1
�5%
Silver
10-2
�10%
Five-band Resistors
2
2
2
102
Orange
3
3
3
103
Yellow
4
4
4
104
Green555105
Blue666106�0.5%
Violet777107�0.25%
Gray
8
8
8
108
�0.1%
White
9
9
9
109
Gold
10-1
