Resistor Color Table
| Word | Color | Digit | Magnitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| silver | .XX | ||
| gold | X.X | ||
| black | 0 | XX | |
| brown | 1 | XX0 | |
| red | 2 | X.X k | |
| orange | 3 | XX k | |
| yellow | 4 | XX0 k | |
| green | 5 | X.X M | |
| blue | 6 | XX M | |
| purple | 7 | XX0 M | |
| gray | 8 | X.X G | |
| white | 9 | XX G |
The interpretation of the multiplier or order of magnitude stripe given in the table is only valid for resistors giving only 2 significant figures in their value. E48-and-higher-series give 3 or more significant figures in their value changing the interpretation of the order of magnitude stripe.
The multiplier stripe still indicates the number of zeros after the value. So a yellow-purple-red-gold resistor could be replaced by a yellow-purple-black-brown-brown. The last color stripe indicates the tolerance of the resistor: gold indicates a 5% tolerance, brown indicates a 1% tolerance. The notable change is of the multiplier from red (2) to brown (1) since one of the zeros in 4700 Ω is now given directly, thus reducing by 1 the number of zeros covered by the multiplier band.