TM 11-6625-1683-15
COLOR CODE MARKING FOR MILITARY STANDARD RESISTORS
WIREWOUND-TYPE RESISTORS
COMPOSITION-TYPE
RESISTORS
Equal Width Band
Double Width Signifies
BAND A--
BAND A--
W i r e - w o u n d Resistor
Signifies Composition-Type
COLOR CODE TABLE
BAND C
BAND D
BAND B
BAND A
RESISTANCE
SECOND
FIRST
TOLERANCE
MULTIPLIER
COLOR
COLOR
SIGNIFICANT
SIGNIFICANT
COLOR
COLOR
(PERCENT)
FIGURE
FIGURE
BLACK
1
BLACK
0
0
BLACK
BROWN
10
BROWN
1
1
BROWN
100
RED
RED
2
2
RED
ORANGE
1,000
ORANGE
3
3
ORANGE
YELLOW
YELLOW
10,000
SILVER
10
4
4
YELLOW
100,000
GREEN
GREEN
GOLD
5
5
GREEN
5
BLUE
1,000,000
BLUE
6
BLUE
6
PURPLE
PURPLE
7
7
(VIOLET)
(VIOLET)
SILVER
8
0.01
GRAY
GRAY
8
WHITE
GOLD
0.1
WHITE
9
9
EXAMPLES OF COLOR CODING
BAND
BAND
D*
D*
A
C
C
B
A
B
ORANGE
RED
SILVER
GOLD
GOLD
WHITE
BLUE
ORANGE
X0.1
5%
3
6
X100
10 %
9
3
NOMINAL RESISTANCE
3.6 Ohms
3,900 Ohms
RESISTANCE TOLERANCE
5
percent
10
percent
STD-R2
*lf Band D is omitted, the resistor tolerance is 20%, and the resistor is not Mil-Std.
Figure 94. MIL-STD resistor color code markings.
AGO 7918A
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