Acronym for Resistor color code 2

[Bzzzt]

Back in high school, I took Vo/tech electronics. I learned the mnemonic devices mentioned here, but the instructor also presented a strange method I've never heard of since.

Instead of memorizing a string of words starting with BBROYG...., this system associated each color directly with a number. This way, to find green, for example, you don't have to think "B, B, R, O, Y, G" and count 1-5.

Black is NO color - nothing, zero
Brown, think brow-ONE.
Red, think TWO red lips.
Orange, think "orange tree" tree rhymes with three.
Yellow, think Yell FOUR help.
Green, think of a green FIVE dollar bill
Blue, think "sick (six) and blue"
Violet, think "violet clouds in heaven, rhymes with SEVEN.
Grey, thing Gray-EIGHT (great)
White, think of white wine, rhymes with NINE

A couple of those are a real stretch, but the whole thing was so silly that I found myself remembering the color codes that way - despite the fact that I thought it was stupid at the time.

 

[hrudaya]

But i use it simply as
"B B ROY of Great Britain has a Very Good Wife"
and this is the simplest way to remember i've ever seen...

 

[byacey]

Funny, I just learned to relate the colors to numbers, rather than trying to use some series of words to memorise. After you read a few thousand resistors (like after somebody knocked over the resistor bins and mixed them up) you catch on quick. I hardly even glance at them anymore. The question is "Why can't they code SMD resistors with color?"

 

[MacGyverS2000]

Because marking lasers only work in B/W ;-)

Dan - Owner

http://www.Hi-TecDesigns.com

 

[70AARCUDA]

...good 'ole USN:

Bad........BLK (0)...as in BLACK hole, nadda
Boys.......BRN (1)
Rape.......RED (2)
Our........ORG (3)...k's as in kilo
Young......YEL (4)
Girls......GRN (5)...as in GREEN $5 bills
But........BLU (6)
Violet.....VIO (7)
Gives......GRY (8)
Willingly..WHT (9)...as in OLD & gray
...tolerances:
Get........GOLD (5%)
Some.......SILVER(10%)
Now........NONE (20%)

 

[ScottyUK]

This thread is becoming like a scene from Groundhog Day.


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Sometimes I only open my mouth to swap feet...

 

[MarcSylex]

I just know ROY G BIV

... and this dirty one.

Rock On Your Gonads. Best Inside Veronica

I really hope this doesn't offend. I found it funny.

 

[electricpete]

Scotty - Here's one that you might try:

"Bad boys rape our young girls, but Violet gives willingly"



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[ScottyUK]