COLOR CODE
O ® and © - 1 st, 2nd, and 3rd significant figures
—multiplier —tolerance
©
— temperature coefficient
©
—polarity and voltage rating
(? ) and/or ^c ) color code may not be present
on some capacitors
COLOR
SIGNIFICANT
FIGURES
RESISTORS
CAPACITORS
DIPPED
TANTALUM
VOLTAGE
RATING
MULTIPLIER TOLERANCE
MULTIPLIER TOLERANCE
over 10 pF under 10 pF
BLACK
0 1
—
1 ±20%
+2 pF
4 VDC
BROWN
1
10 ±1%
10
±1%
±0.1 pF
6 VDC
RED
2
102 or 100 ±2% 102 or 100 ±2%
—
10 VDC
ORANGE
3 103 or 1 K ±3% 103 or 1000
±3%
—
15 VDC
YELLOW
4
104 or 10 K
+4%
104 or 10,000 +100%-9%
—
20 VDC
GREEN
5 10s or 100 K ±54%
105 or 100,000 ±5%
±0.5 pF
25 VDC
BLUE
6 106 or 1 M ±54% 106 or 1,000,000
—
—
35 VDC
VIOLET
7
—
±1/10%
— —
—
50 VDC
GRAY
8
—
—
10'2 or 0.01 +80% -20% ±0.25 pF
—
WHITE
9
— —
10~‘ or 0.1 ±10%
±1 pF
—
GOLD -
1 0 '1 or 0.1 ±5%
— —
—
—
SILVER
-
10~2 or 0.01 ±10%
—
—
—
—
NONE
-
—
±20%
—
±10%
±1 pF —
Figure 9-1. Color codes for resistors and capacitors.
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