Resistor Component Colour Codes

Four Band Resistors

1st Band 2nd Band 3rd Band 4th Band
(Tolerance)
Black 0
Brown 1
Red 2
Orange 3
Yellow 4
Green 5
Blue 6
Violet 7
Grey 8
White 9
Black 0
Brown 1
Red 2
Orange 3
Yellow 4
Green 5
Blue 6
Violet 7
Grey 8
White 9
Silver Divide by 100
Gold Divide by 10
Black Multiply by 1
Brown Multiply by 10
Red Multiply by 100
Orange Multiply by 1,000
Yellow Multiply by 10,000
Green Multiply by 100,000
Blue Multiply by 1,000,000
Red +/- 2%
Gold +/- 5%
Silver +/- 10%

Five Band Resistors

1st Band 2nd Band 3rd Band 4th Band 5th Band
(Tolerance)
Black 0
Brown 1
Red 2
Orange 3
Yellow 4
Green 5
Blue 6
Violet 7
Grey 8
White 9
Black 0
Brown 1
Red 2
Orange 3
Yellow 4
Green 5
Blue 6
Violet 7
Grey 8
White 9
Black 0
Brown 1
Red 2
Orange 3
Yellow 4
Green 5
Blue 6
Violet 7
Grey 8
White 9
Silver Divide by 100
Gold Divide by 10
Black Multiply by 1
Brown Multiply by 10
Red Multiply by 100
Orange Multiply by 1,000
Yellow Multiply by 10,000
Green Multiply by 100,000
Blue Multiply by 1,000,000
Brown +/- 1%
Red +/- 2%
Gold +/- 5%
Silver +/-10%

Six Band Resistors

1st Band 2nd Band 3rd Band 4th Band 5th Band
(Tolerance)		 6th Band
(Temp.Coef)
Black 0
Brown 1
Red 2
Orange 3
Yellow 4
Green 5
Blue 6
Violet 7
Grey 8
White 9
Black 0
Brown 1
Red 2
Orange 3
Yellow 4
Green 5
Blue 6
Violet 7
Grey 8
White 9
Black 0
Brown 1
Red 2
Orange 3
Yellow 4
Green 5
Blue 6
Violet 7
Grey 8
White 9
Silver Divide by 100
Gold Divide by 10
Black Multiply by 1
Brown Multiply by 10
Red Multiply by 100
Orange Multiply by 1,000
Yellow Multiply by 10,000
Green Multiply by 100,000
Blue Multiply by 1,000,000
Brown +/- 1%
Red +/- 2%
Gold +/- 5%
Silver +/-10%
Brown 100
Red 50
Yellow 25
Orange 15
Blue 10
Violet 5
White 1