Resitor Color Codes
1st circle
2nd circle
3rd circle
4th circle
5th circle
brown
red
orange
yellow
green
blue
violet
gray
white
black
brown
red
orange
yellow
green
blue
violet
gray
white
none
black
brown
red
orange
yellow
green
blue
violet
gray
white
black
brown
red
orange
yellow
green
blue
gold
silver
brown
red
green
blue
violet
gray
gold
silver
none
for a 4 band code set 3rd circle to "none"
value
kilo
Mega
tolerance
+/- 0.05 %
+/- 0.1 %
+/- 0.25 %
+/- 0.5 %
+/- 1 %
+/- 2 %
+/- 5 %
+/- 10 %
+/- 20 %
value
color
tolerance
0
black
1
brown
± 1%
2
red
± 2%
3
orange
4
yellow
5
green
± 0.5%
6
blue
± 0.25%
7
violet
± 0.1%
8
gray
± 0.05%
9
white
-1
*
gold
± 5%
-2
*
silver
± 10%
none
± 20%
*
value only for 4th circle (equal to
x 0.1 for gold and x 0.01 for silver)