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4-band resistors

Colour Band 1 Band 2 Band 3 Band 4
  Digit 1 Digit 2 Multiplier Tolerance
Black 0 0 x1  
Brown 1 1 x10 1
Red 2 2 x100 2
Orange 3 3 x1 000  
Yellow 4 4 x10 000  
Green 5 5 x100 000  
Blue 6 6 x1 000 000  
Purple 7 7 x10 000 000  
Gray 8 8 x100 000 000  
White 9 9 x1 000 000 000  
Gold     x0.1 5
Silver     x0.01 10

5-band resistors

Colour Band 1 Band 2 Band 3 Band 4 Band 5
  Digit 1 Digit 2 Digit 3 Multiplier Tolerance
Black 0 0 0 x1  
Brown 1 1 1 x10 1%
Red 2 2 2 x100 2%
Orange 3 3 3 x1 000 (1k)  
Yellow 4 4 4 x10 000  
Green 5 5 5 x100 000  
Blue 6 6 6 x1 000 000 (1M)  
Purple 7 7 7 x10 000 000  
Gray 8 8 8 x100 000 000  
White 9 9 9 x1 000 000 000  
Gold       x0.1 5%
Silver       x0.01 10%

6-band resistors

Colour Band 1 Band 2 Band 3 Band 4 Band 5 Band 6
  Digit 1 Digit 2 Digit 3 Multiplier Tolerance Temperature Coefficient
Black 0 0 0 x1    
Brown 1 1 1 x10 1% 100 ppm / K
Red 2 2 2 x100 2% 50 ppm / K
Orange 3 3 3 x1 000 (1k)   15 ppm / K
Yellow 4 4 4 x10 000   25 ppm / K
Green 5 5 5 x100 000    
Blue 6 6 6 x1 000 000 (1M)    
Purple 7 7 7 x10 000 000    
Gray 8 8 8 x100 000 000    
White 9 9 9 x1 000 000 000    
Gold       x0.1 5%  
Silver       x0.01 10%  

Inductors

Colour Band 1 Band 2 Band 3 Band 5
  Digit 1 Digit 2 Multiplier Tolerance
Black 0 0 x1  
Brown 1 1 x10 1%
Red 2 2 x100 2%
Orange 3 3    
Yellow 4 4    
Green 5 5    
Blue 6 6    
Purple 7 7    
Gray 8 8    
White 9 9    
Gold     x0.1 5%
Silver     x0.01 10%

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