The resistor color coding system applies to carbon film, metal oxide film, fusible, precision metal film, and wirewound resistors of the axial lead type. This system is employed when the surface area is not sufficient to print the actual resistance value. Several color codes are used, the most common ones are the 4-band and 5-band codes. In the 4-band code, the first two bands represent the magnitude of the resistance, the third band is a multiplier for this value, and the fourth band encodes the error tolerance. In the 5-band code the first three bands represent the magnitude, the fourth band serves as a multiplier, and the fifth band is the error tolerance.
The color codes for the various bands are as follows: ...
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