C O L O R C O D E
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Q 0 a n d © — 1st, 2nd, and 3rd significant figures
( m) —multiplier (? ) — tolerance
(T y —temperature coefficient
—polarity and voltage rating
( ? ) and/or ^C ) color code may not be present
N- '/ on some capacitors
COLOR SIGNIFICANT
RESISTORS
CAPACITORS
1 DIPPED
FIGURES
MULTIPLIER
TOLERANCE
MULTIPLIER
TOLERANCE
TANTALUM
over 10 pF under lOpF
RATING
BLACK
0
1
—
1
±20%
±2 pF
4 VDC
BROWN
1
10 ±1% 10 ±1%
±0.1 pF
6 VDC
RED
2
101 or 100
±2% 102 or 100
±2%
—
10 VDC
ORANGE
3
101 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
±%% 105 or 100.000 ±5%
±0.SpF
2SVOC
BLUE
6
10 s or 1 M t y .% 106 or 1.000.000
—
—
35VOC
VIOLET
7
—
±1/10%
— —
—
SO VDC
GRAY
8
—
—
10"J or 0.01 +80% -20%
±0.25 PF
—
WHITE
9
—
—
I f 1 or 0.1 ±10%
±1 pF
3 VDC
GOLD
-
10" 1 or 0.1 ±5%
—
—
—
__
SILVER
-
10~2 or 0.01
±10%
— —
—
--
--
NONE
-
—
±20%
—
±10%
± lp F
—
Figure 9-1. C olor c o d es for re sisto rs an d cap acito rs.
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