Resistor Color Codes Example

Example #1

 A resistor colored Yellow-Violet-Orange-Gold would be 47 k with a tolerance of +/- 5%

Example #2

 

A resistor colored Green-Red-Gold-Silver would be 5.2 with a tolerance of +/- 10%.

Example #3

A resistor colored White-Violet-Black would be 97 with a tolerance of +/- 20%. When you see only three color bands on a resistor, you know that it is actually a 4-band code with a blank (20%) tolerance band.

Example #4

A resistor colored Orange-Orange-Black-Brown-Violet would be 3.3 k with a tolerance of +/- 0.1%.

Example #5

A resistor colored Brown-Green-Grey-Silver-Red would be 1.58 with a tolerance of +/- 2%.

Example #6

A resistor colored Blue-Brown-Green-Silver-Blue would be 6.15 with a tolerance of +/- 0.25%.