Resistor color coding

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First band
(first digit)

Second band
(second digit)

Third band
(multiplier)

Fourth band
(tolerance)

Color

Digit

Color

Digit

Color

Multiplier

Color

Tolerance

Black

0

Black

0

Silver

0.01

Gold

± 5%

Brown

1

Brown

1

Gold

0.1

Silver

± 10%

Red

2

Red

2

Black

1

no band

± 20%

Orange

3

Orange

3

Brown

10

-

-

Yellow

4

Yellow

4

Red

100

-

-

Green

5

Green

5

Orange

1,000

-

-

Blue

6

Blue

6

Yellow

10,000

-

-

Violet

7

Violet

7

Green

100,000

-

-

Gray

8

Gray

8

Blue

1,000,000

-

-

White

9

White

9

-

-

-

-