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Electronic component colour codes |
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Written by Garfield Lucas
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These are colour codes commonly found in resistors and capacitors.
| Colour | First Digit | Second Digit | Third Digit | Multiplier | Tolerance | | black | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | | brown | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1.00% | | red | 2 | 2 | 2 | 100 | 2.00% | | orange | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1000 | | | yellow | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10000 | | | green | 5 | 5 | 5 | 100000 | | | blue | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1000000 | | | violet | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10000000 | | | grey | 8 | 8 | 8 | 100000000 | | | white | 9 | 9 | 9 | 1000000000 | | | | | gold | | | | 0.1 | 5.00% | | silver | | | | 0.01 | 10.00% | |
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Last Updated ( 2008-01-10 00:15 UTC )
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