Resistor Color Codes

About This Infographic

A reference chart for reading a 4-band resistor. Click the band-position diagram to learn what each band means, the color value table to look up each color's digit and multiplier, the worked example to read a real resistor step by step, and the mnemonic to memorize the color order. Then use Quiz Me to test yourself.

Image Prompt

Prompt

Please generate a wide-landscape infographic.

Render all text exactly verbatim. Do not substitute any numbers, paraphrase labels, or invent extra rows/columns/stats. Every color and digit must be rendered exactly as listed.

A clean, modern, flat-design educational reference infographic poster, landscape 16:9, titled at the top in large bold sans-serif: "Resistor Color Code Chart", subtitle beneath: "How to read a 4-band resistor value."

Layout: Three sections on a light off-white background (#F7F9FC).

SECTION 1 — top-left (40% of width): A large diagram of a resistor body (tan/beige cylinder) with four colored bands labeled from left to right: Band 1 "1st Digit" (raspberry red #C7164E label), Band 2 "2nd Digit" (magenta pink #E5398A label), Band 3 "Multiplier" (deep purple #6A3FB5 label), Band 4 "Tolerance" (teal blue #1389A6 label). Wire leads extend from both ends. Below the diagram, a worked example box: four bands colored Brown · Black · Red · Gold → "1 · 0 · ×100 Ω · ±5% = 1,000 Ω (1 kΩ) ±5%"

SECTION 2 — top-right and center (60% of width): A 10-row color table. Each row spans the full width of its section. Column headers: Color Swatch · Color Name · Digit (Bands 1–2) · Multiplier (Band 3) · Tolerance (Band 4). Rows, each with a colored swatch rectangle on the left: · Black swatch (#000000): Black · 0 · ×1 Ω · — · Brown swatch (#7B3F00): Brown · 1 · ×10 Ω · ±1% · Red swatch (#CC0000): Red · 2 · ×100 Ω · ±2% · Orange swatch (#FF6600): Orange · 3 · ×1 kΩ · — · Yellow swatch (#FFD700): Yellow · 4 · ×10 kΩ · — · Green swatch (#2D8A4E): Green · 5 · ×100 kΩ · ±0.5% · Blue swatch (#0055CC): Blue · 6 · ×1 MΩ · ±0.25% · Violet swatch (#7B00CC): Violet · 7 · ×10 MΩ · ±0.1% · Gray swatch (#888888): Gray · 8 · ×100 MΩ · ±0.05% · White swatch (#FFFFFF, outline): White · 9 · ×1 GΩ · — · Gold swatch (#C8A400): Gold · — · ×0.1 Ω · ±5% · Silver swatch (#AAAAAA): Silver · — · ×0.01 Ω · ±10%

SECTION 3 — bottom strip spanning full width: A memory-aid box with a dark slate (#2A2E3A) background and white text: Mnemonic: "Bad Beer Rots Our Young Guts But Vodka Goes Well" → Black · Brown · Red · Orange · Yellow · Green · Blue · Violet · Gray · White (digits 0–9)

Typography: one clean geometric sans-serif (Inter/Roboto style), bold column headers, numbers slightly larger and bold. Each color-name text rendered in a neutral dark color for legibility, with the swatch providing the color context. Footer bar: "Color code standard: IEC 60062. Source: IEC 60062:2016 — Marking codes for resistors and capacitors." Overall: tidy vector flat-design reference chart, compact but legible, suitable for a classroom poster or laminated desk reference.