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Colour band table of resistor

Following  table is commonly used for all colour band of resistor

Sr. No Colour 1st Band 2nd Band 3rd Band Tolerance
1 Black 0 0 100 –
2 Brown 1 1 101 –
3 Red 2 2 102 –
4 Orange 3 3 103 ± 2%
5 Yellow 4 4 104 –
6 Green 5 5 105 –
7 Blue 6 6 106 –
8 Violet 7 7 107 –
9 Gray 8 8 108 –
10 White 9 9 109 –
11 Gold 10 10 10-1 ± 5%
12 Silver – – 10-2 ± 10%
13 No colour – – – ± 20%