Uploaded March 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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A SIMPLE explanation of Resistor Color Codes. Understand how to read and calculate the resistance of a resistor. If you want to use a resistor color code calculator to figure out the resistance for you, check out our calculator at: electrical4u.com/resistor-color-coding/

We go over an example of how to calculate resistance from the color of a resistor. This can be used for 3 band resistor color code, 4 band resistor color code, and 5 band resistor color code.

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