maybe this will be moved to the top and made important cuz it seems to be an issue for everyone... heres a resistor chart from the back of my pack of 10-ohm, 1/4 watt, 5% tolerance resistors from radioshack
First and Second Color Band
0. Black
1. Brown
2. Red
3. Orange
4. Yellow
5. Green
6. Blue
7. Violet
8. Gray
9. White
Third Color Band (black slash is "divide by'')
Black X1
Brown X10
Red X100
Orange X1K
Yellow X10K
Green X100K
Blue X1 meg
Silver /100
Gold /10
Fourth Color Band: Tolerance
Gold 5%
Silver 10%
none 20%
also a picture of a color chart off the internet...
This should be useful to those who are arranging an LED board for certain lighting applications
First and Second Color Band
0. Black
1. Brown
2. Red
3. Orange
4. Yellow
5. Green
6. Blue
7. Violet
8. Gray
9. White
Third Color Band (black slash is "divide by'')
Black X1
Brown X10
Red X100
Orange X1K
Yellow X10K
Green X100K
Blue X1 meg
Silver /100
Gold /10
Fourth Color Band: Tolerance
Gold 5%
Silver 10%
none 20%
also a picture of a color chart off the internet...
This should be useful to those who are arranging an LED board for certain lighting applications