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Resistor Color Code

EIA STANDARD RS-172

MILITARY STANDARD MIL-R-11E

Color	1st Digit A	2nd Digit B	Multiplier C	Tolerance D	Failure Rate^* E
Black Brown Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Violet Gray White Gold Silver No Color	0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 --- --- ---	0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 --- --- ---	1 10 100 1,000 10,000 100,000 1,000,000 10,000,000 100,000,000 --- 0.1 0.01 ---	--- ± 1% ± 2% ± 3% ± 4% --- --- --- --- --- ± 5% ± 10% ± 20%	--- 1.0 0.1 0.01 0.001 --- --- --- --- solderable^* --- --- ---

^*Band E, when used on composition resistors, indicates percent failure per
1,000 hours. On film resistors, a white band E indicates solderable terminal.

INSULATION CODING MILITARY (MIL):Same as EIA with the
addition of: Noninsulated resistors with ra-
dial leads designated by a black background
color or by a background the same color as
the first significant figure of the resistance
value.

EIA: Insulated resistors with axial leads
are designated by a background of any color
except black. The usual color is natural tan.
Noninsulated resistors with axial leads are
designated by a black background color.

Mica Capacitor
Color Code
MILITARY STANDARD MIL-C-5C

Color Digits of Capacitance (uuf) Multi-
plier
C Tolerance
%
D Characteristic.
See table below. Working
Volts DC
F Operating
Temperature
G Vibration
Grade(cps)
H

A B

Black 0 0 1 ± 20 --- --- -55 to +70^oC 10-55

Brown 1 1 10 ± 1 B --- --- ---

Red 2 2 100 ± 2 C --- -55 to +85^oC ---

Orange 3 3 1,000 --- D 300 --- ---

Yellow 4 4 --- --- E --- -55 to +125^oC 10-2,000

Green 5 5 --- ± 5 F 500 --- ---

Blue 6 6 --- --- --- --- -55 to +150^oC ---

Violet 7 7 --- --- --- --- --- ---

Gray 8 8 --- --- --- --- --- ---

White 9 9 --- --- --- --- --- ---

Gold --- --- 0.1 ± 5 --- --- --- ---

Silver --- --- --- ± 10 --- --- --- ---

^*Earlier MIL-C-5 capacitors are not color coded on back. In such cases ignore F,G,H and use Voltage Rating Table below.

DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTERISTIC
VOLTAGE RATING
(Indicated by dimensions rather than color coding)

Charac-
teristic Temperature
Coefficient
(parts per
million per ^oC) Maximum
Capacitance
Drift Minimum
Insulation
Resistance
(megohms)

B
C
D
E
F

Not Specified
± 200
± 100
-20 to +100
0 to +70

Not specified
± 0.5%
± 0.3%
± (0.1% +0.1 UUF)
± (0.05% + 0.1 uuf)

7500
7500
7500
7500
7500

Maximum Inches Style
CM Capacitance
(uuf) Rating
(vd-c)

Long Wide Thick

35/64 5/16 7/32 15 5-510 300

51/64 15/32 7/32 20 5-510
560-1000 500

17/64 15/32 7/32 25 51-1000 500

53/64 53/64 9/32 30 560-3300 500

53/64 53/64 11/32 35 3600-6200
6800-10,000 500
300

1 1/32 41/64 11/32 40 3300-8200
9100-10000 500
300

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INSULATION CODING		MILITARY (MIL):Same as EIA with the addition of: Noninsulated resistors with ra- dial leads designated by a black background color or by a background the same color as the first significant figure of the resistance value.
EIA: Insulated resistors with axial leads are designated by a background of any color except black. The usual color is natural tan. Noninsulated resistors with axial leads are designated by a black background color.