Formulas for the 4, 5 and 6 Band Resistors

4 Band Resistor Color Codes

First Band
---------- Black
Brown
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Violet
Grey
White

=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=

Second Band
----------- Black =
Brown =
Red
=
Orange =
Yellow =
Green =
Blue
=
Violet =
Grey
=
White =

0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90

0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

Third Band Multiplier

--------------------- Black = 1
Brown = 10
Red
= 100
Orange = 1000
Yellow = 10000
Green = 100000
Blue
= 1000000
Violet = 10000000
White = 100000000
Gold
= 0.1
Silver = 0.01
Fourth Band Tolerance %
----------------------- Brown = 1
Red
= 2
Green = 0.5

 Blue
=
Violet =
Grey
=
Gold
=
Silver =
None
= 20

0.25
0.10
0.05
5
10

The Formula For Four Band Resistor

---------------------------------- (First Band + Second Band) * Third Band = Total

If Total >= 1000000

Then Total = Total / 1000000
Total (Meg)

If Total >= 1000

Then Total = Total / 1000
Total (k)

Else Total = Total

Total ()

5 and 6 Band Resistor Color Codes

First Band
---------- Black
Brown
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Violet
Grey
White

=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=

Second Band
----------- Black =
Brown =
Red
=
Orange =
Yellow =
Green =
Blue
=
Violet =
Grey
=

0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900

0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80

White

Third Band
---------- Black
Brown
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Violet
Grey
White

= 90

=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=

0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

Fourth Band Multiplier

---------------------- Black = 1
Brown = 10
Red
= 100
Orange = 1000
Yellow = 10000
Green = 100000
Blue
= 1000000
Violet = 10000000
Grey
= 100000000
White = 1000000000
Gold
= 0.1
Silver = 0.01
Fifth Band Tolerance %
---------------------- Brown = 1
Red
= 2
Green = 0.5
Blue
= 0.25
Violet = 0.10
Grey
= 0.05
Gold
= 5
Silver = 10
Sixth Band Temperature Coefficient PPM/C
----------------------------------------- Brown = 100
Red
= 50
Orange = 15
Yellow = 25

Blue
= 10
Violet = 5
White = 1

The Formula For 5 and 6 Band Resistors

-------------------------------------- (First Band + Second Band + Third Band) * Fourth Band = Total

If Total >= 1000000

Then Total = Total / 1000000
Total (Meg)

If Total >= 1000

Then Total = Total / 1000
Total (k)

Else Total = Total

Total ()