If you want to know more about the history of the resistor color code bands, then we have you covered. Alternatively, how about reading the color code directly with computer vision?

A brand new, still-in-the-packaging resistor should have its Ohms value printed out for easy reading, but any resistors that have been unboxed (or, say, found in a toolbox or drawer) won't offer ...

What’s your favorite value of resistor? 1K? 10K? They’re all fine, but when you need nearly no resistance at all, nothing beats the good old zero-ohm resistor. Wait a minute! Resistors are ...