generally, there are four stripes, and each colour represents a number. One of rings
is usually gold-coloured; this one represents the precision of that resistor. To read the
stripes in order, hold the resistor so the gold (or silver in some cases) stripe is to the right.
Then, read the colours and map them to the corresponding numbers. In the following table,
you’ll find a translation between the colours and their numeric values.
For example, brown, black, orange, and gold markings mean 103±5%. Easy, right? Not
quite, because there is a twist: the third ring actually represents the number of zeros in the
value. Therefore 1 0 3 is actually 1 0 followed by 3 zeros, so the end result is 10,000 ohms
±5%.