Related Products: Resistor. Reading resistor color codes = pattern recognition. Yes, I learned the numbers for the colors — simply in the order of the colors of the rainbow, but actually reading the ...

Sometimes, if a resistor overheats, the color code bands will change color – orange to brown, blue to black, and so forth. If you know your preferred numbers for resistors, you might find a ...

"I was talking to Mat Metts about fun ways to read resistor color codes." Metts created a delightful double resistor poster . "Anyhow, as he worked on that poster, I made the first version of this ...