Resistor Color Code -------- ----- ---- Color 1st Band 2nd Band 3rd (Multiplier) Band | 4th (Tolerance) Band | Black 0 0 1 | Gold= +/- 5% Brown 1 1 10 | Silver= +/- 10% Red 2 2 100 | None= +/- 20% Orange 3 3 1,000 | Yellow 4 4 10,000 | Green 5 5 100,000 | Blue 6 6 1,000,000 | Violet 7 7 10,000,000 | Gray 8 8 100,000,000 | White 9 9 (none) | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Converting Between Values ---------- ------- ------ TERA T 10^12 GIGA G 10^9 MEGA M 10^6 KILO K 10^3 - Point of Reference - MILLI m 10^-3 MICRO æ 10^-6 NANO n 10^-9 PICO p 10^-12