How to Remember Electrical Resistor Color Codes

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Here's one mnemonic "Bright Boys Rave Over Young Girls But Veto Getting Wed. Black

   Roy of Great Britain Veto getting wed.
   
   Alternatively, most of the colors are those from the traditional rainbow.
   
   Black is 0 (as in 'nothing'), Brown is 1, then Red through Violet, and finally Gray and White are 8 and
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   In Russian language, you can use the following phrase: "Четыре коровы красят ржавый железный забор синтетической формулой, содержащей белок"
   - чёрный, коричневый, красный, рыжий, жёлтый, зелёный, синий, фиолетовый, серый, белый.
   
   By the way, the phrase is translated as "Four cows paint a rusty iron fence with synthetic formula containing protein". ,,, You'll get used soon enough, and a bit later you'll be spotting what you want at once.
   
   It's also easy to classify them by decade: red is Ks, orange is 10Ks ...
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   Step 2: Orange

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   Step 3: Yellow

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   Step 4: Violet

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   Step 5: White <=> 0

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   Step 6: Best method to memorize is - B.B.

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   Step 7: The multiplier band goes by the same code and can be read as "followed by N zeros"

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   Step 8: plus Gold for "divide by 10" and Silver for "divide by 100".

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   Step 9: Tolerances are something of a mess: Brown and Red are 1% and 2% (you usually spot them because they have an extra significant digit)

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    Step 10: Gold and Silver are 5% and 10%

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    Step 11: and 20% doesn't even get a tolerance band (you will rarely

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    Step 12: if ever

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    Step 13: come across one of these).

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    Step 14: To read the whole thing

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    Step 15: put the tolerance band at your right

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    Step 16: and go like this: "green-brown-red-gold = 5-1-00-5% = 5.1K 5%".

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