2.2M resistor

What color code am I looking for?

2.2Meg resistor, 1/4 watt, 5% Tol

Red-Red-Blue-Gold?

red red green

use a multimeter if you arn't sure


also, check out this site https://www.electrician.com/resist_calc/resist_calc.htm

for sure, the first two bands are red, and red, but the third, I'm not sure if it is green or blue. The third band colour is a multiplier band.

Hi MS,
If you see the green or blue bands the same on resistors, you are slightly colour-blind. Sometimes red, orange and brown bands also look similar. Use a bright white light and maybe a magnifying glass to see the different colours better. I use a combination of warm-white compact flourescent with cool-white regular flourescent tubes over my workbench. Can you read the numbers printed on surface-mount parts?

I don't bother looking up the colours and corresponding numbers on a chart. I just remember the colours sequence of the rainbow that I learned when I was a little wee guy! Roy G. Biv is red,orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo (not on resistors) and violet (purple). You can figure-out white, black, brown, silver and gold yourself! :lol:

we had some innappropriate sayings to memorize the color code chart :wink:

the one that was more acceptable though was: Bad Beer Rots Our Young Guts But Vodka Goes Well

Black Brown Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Violet Grey White