Resistor Color Codes – 4,5 and 6 Band – Electronics

For those interested, we have prepared an application / computer for decoding the colors of a resistor: (4,5,6 or 7 bands)

Resistor-Color-Code-Calculator

Who needs to identify the value of an electrical resistance based on the marked color code but does not have a measuring device, I’ve attached some very suggestive pictures below that can help you calculate the electrical resistance (Ohm) simply and quickly.

resistor color code for electrical resistance

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Most resistors have coded the value of resistance in 4 or 5 colors, but there are also variants in 6 colors, the essential are only the first 4 bands, where the last band (4) is the multiplication factor.

example calculate tolerance value of resistors

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For those with 6 bands: the band 5 is tolerance and last one is the temperature coefficient, the rest are explained above!

color code for resistors

 

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