Resistor Color Code


This explains the color code for resistors with tolerances between 2% and 20%. Reliability is sometimes used to show the failure rate of the resistor.
DigitColorMultiplier
silver 0.01 10E-2
gold 0.1 10E-1
0 black 1 10E0
1 brown 10 10E1
2 red 100 10E2
3 orange 1 k 10E3
4 yellow 10 k 10E4
5 green 100 k 10E5
6 blue 1 M 10E6
7 violet 10 M 10E7
8 gray
9 white
ColorTolerance
Brown 1%
Red 2%
Gold 5%
Silver 10%
None 20%

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