Resistor Color Codes
Color |
1st Band |
2nd Band |
Multiplier |
Tolerance |
Black |
Zero |
Zero |
1 Ohm |
|
Brown |
One |
One |
10 Ohms |
± 1% |
Red |
Two |
Two |
100 Ohms |
± 2% |
Orange |
Three |
Three |
1k Ohm |
|
Yellow |
Four |
Four |
10k Ohm |
|
Green |
Five |
Five |
100k Ohm |
± 0.5% |
Blue |
Six |
Six |
1 Meg Ohm |
± 0.25% |
Violet |
Seven |
Seven |
10 Meg Ohm |
± 0.1% |
Grey |
Eight |
Eight |
|
± 0.05% |
White |
Nine |
Nine |
|
|
Gold |
|
|
0.1 |
± 5% |
Silver |
|
|
0.01 |
± 10% |
Old Style "Dog Bone" Resistors
Old Style Atwater Kent Resistors
Atwater Kent used resistors with their own color code.
Sprague Capacitors -
Including "Bumblebee" and "Black Beauties"
Molded Mica Capacitor Codes
Color |
1st Figure |
2nd Figure |
# of Zeros after 2nd Figure |
Voltage Rating |
Tolerance |
Black |
Zero |
Zero |
None |
|
|
Brown |
One |
One |
One |
100V |
1% |
Red |
Two |
Two |
Two |
200V |
2% |
Orange |
Three |
Three |
Three |
300V |
3% |
Yellow |
Four |
Four |
Four |
400V |
4% |
Green |
Five |
Five |
Five |
500V |
5% |
Blue |
Six |
Six |
Six |
600V |
6% |
Violet |
Seven |
Seven |
Seven |
700V |
7% |
Grey |
Eight |
Eight |
Eight |
800V |
8% |
White |
Nine |
Nine |
Nine |
900V |
9% |
Gold |
|
|
|
1000V |
|
Silver |
|
|
|
|
10% |
No Color |
|
|
|
500V |
20% |
High Voltage Capacitor Markings
Code: The third digit is a multiplier. Add that many zeros after the first two digits to get the capacitance in pF
uF |
nF |
pF |
Code |
0.001 |
1 |
1000 |
102K |
0.0015 |
1.5 |
1500 |
152K |
0.002 |
2 |
2000 |
202K |
0.003 |
3 |
3000 |
302K |
0.004 |
4 |
4000 |
402K |
0.005 |
5 |
5000 |
502K |
0.006 |
6 |
6000 |
602K |
0.008 |
8 |
8000 |
802K |
0.01 |
10 |
10000 |
103K |
0.015 |
15 |
15000 |
153K |
0.02 |
20 |
20000 |
203K |
0.022 |
22 |
22000 |
223K |
0.03 |
30 |
30000 |
303K |
0.047 |
47 |
47000 |
473K |
0.05 |
50 |
50000 |
503K |
0.1 |
100 |
100000 |
104K |
0.2 |
200 |
200000 |
204K |
0.33 |
330 |
330000 |
334K |
0.47 |
470 |
470000 |
474K |
0.5 |
500 |
500000 |
504K |
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