5-Band Resistor Color Code Calculator
4-Band
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5-Band
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6-Band
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A resistor is identified by its pattern of color of bands. There are 4, 5 and 6 band resistors. To calculate the resistance of a resistor, you can select the appropriate color bands in the above resistor color code calculator.
How to calculate the resistance?
Just have a look to the resistor color code chart below and see the calculations, how the resistance value is calculated according to this chart.![](https://www.electronics-lab.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Resistor-color-code-chart.png)
Calculating resistance for a 5-band resistor
![](https://www.electronics-lab.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/5-band-resistor-color-code.png)
![](https://www.electronics-lab.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/5-band-resistance-calculati.png)
5-Band | Name | Description |
1st Band | a | 1st significant digit |
2nd Band | b | 2ndsignificant digit |
3rd Band | c | 3rdsignificant digit |
4th Band | d | Multiplier |
5th Band | e | Tolerance |