Technology 4 ESO – Unit 2 ELECTRONICS page 18 activity 7
a) Watch the video on “Resistor Color Code” and answer:
- Who created the electronic colour code?
- What is represented by the colours from red to violet?
- In a 5 band resistor, what does the 5th band indicate?
- In a 6 band resistor, what does the 3rd band indicate?


b) Look at these fixed value resistors and indicate their value, tolerance and temperature coefficient if they have it:
