Resistor color code calculator

Hold the resistor with the tolerance band (often gold or silver, set slightly apart) on the right, and read the colors from the left.

Your answer

Resistance4.7 kΩ±5%
Range4.465 kΩ to 4.935 kΩ
In ohms4,700

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How we worked it out

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  1. The digit bands form a number; the multiplier band gives the power of ten to multiply it by.

Method and assumptions

The colors follow the IEC 60062 code: black 0, brown 1, red 2, orange 3, yellow 4, green 5, blue 6, violet 7, gray 8, white 9. Gold and silver as multipliers mean ×0.1 and ×0.01; as tolerance bands, ±5% and ±10%.

Questions

What is yellow-violet-red-gold?

4.7 kΩ ±5%.

Sources

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