5-band Resistor Colour Code
The coloured bands are shown as: BLUE, RED, BLACK, BROWN and BROWN. Then the resistance using the colour wheel is found as:
As this is a 5-band resistor, all the disks of the resistor colour code wheel can be used to find the resistive value. Then the colour code wheel shows:
The first colour band (blue) gives the first digit value of 6. The second colour band (red) gives the second digit value of 2. The third colour band (black) gives the third digit value of 0. This gives a three digit value of 620. We now multiply this by the value of the fourth band, brown which has a value of 10. So the resistor has a resistive value of 6200 ohms (620 × 10 = 6200) or 6k2Ω’s. The last band gives the resistors tolerance value and brown equals a tolerance range of ±1%.
Then using the resistor colour wheel, the resistor has the following resistance:
Blue Red Black Brown = 6 2 0 0 = 6 2 0 x 10 = 6200Ω or 6k2Ω ±1%.
So there you have it, a fun little project to do at home for use at school or the science lab, just download, print and cut out to give you a very useful reference tool for finding the resistive values of 4 or 5-band resistors using this free and simple Resistor Colour Code Wheel.
This resistor colour code wheel is simple to use, just position the colours of the disks and read off the number its that easy and simple, and for checking the value of more resistors, just rotate the coloured disks and you will get another colour scheme. But remember, if you are still unsure of a resistors value, you can always find its resistance using a multimeter or check out our Resistor Colour Codes
