7.5 kΩ resistor colour code
Four bands: Violet · Green · Red · Gold. The first two give the digits, the third multiplies, the fourth states how far off the real part may be.
Nominal
7.5 kΩ
7,500 ohms
Real range at ±5%
7.125 kΩ – 7.875 kΩ
A gold band allows this much drift.
Series
E24
E24 only — stocked less often.
Band by band
| Band | Colour | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Violet | 1st digit — 7 |
| 2 | Green | 2nd digit — 5 |
| 3 | Red | Multiplier — ×100 |
| 4 | Gold | Tolerance — ±5% |
How much it can take
Current and dissipation across the resistor, and the package you need. The suggested rating keeps a factor of two in hand, which is what anyone building a board actually does.
| Across it | Current | Dissipated | Package to pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.3 V | 440 µA | 1.45 mW | 1/8 W |
| 5 V | 667 µA | 3.33 mW | 1/8 W |
| 12 V | 1.6 mA | 19.2 mW | 1/8 W |
| 24 V | 3.2 mA | 76.8 mW | 1/4 W |
What you can actually get
Parts made
186
59th most of 1,465 values
In stock
25,357
across 5 of them
Cheapest at 100
$0.0027
each
Tolerances sold
±0.05% to ±10%
9 grades in all
Packages: 0603, 1206, 0402, 0805, 1210, 2512, 0201, 1225. Ratings: 30mW to 5W.
What ten of them actually cost
The price everyone quotes is the reel price. If you want ten, you cannot buy the reel — and the real figure is usually several times higher per piece.
Ten pieces
$0.15
$0.015 each · Cut Tape (CT) · minimum order 1
The reel price
$0.00127
each, but only from 100,000 pieces up
Sitting in stock
5,271,175
across 30 part numbers
Per piece, ten costs 11.8× the reel price. That gap is why a handful of resistors never costs what the headline price suggests.
Stocked in ±0.1% and ±0.5% and ±1% and ±5%, rated 1/16 W to 1/4 W.
Cheapest part you can buy ten of: CR0402-FX-7501GLF by Bourns Inc. — see it at Digi-Key.
Assembly stock from the JLCPCB library, read 2026-09-24. Retail prices and stock from Digi-Key, read 2026-09-24. Prices move — check the product page before ordering. That is what a board house will place for you — not everything a distributor sells.
The same value, marked differently
Five bands
VioletGreenBlackRedBrown
Three significant digits and a ±1% band.
Values that can overlap this one
At ±5% the tolerance bands of neighbouring values run into each other. A part sold as one of these could measure the same as a 7.5 kΩ — which is why measuring beats reading when it matters.
- 6.8 kΩ6.46 kΩ–7.14 kΩ
- 7.15 kΩ7.0785 kΩ–7.2215 kΩ
- 7.32 kΩ7.2468 kΩ–7.3932 kΩ
- 7.68 kΩ7.6032 kΩ–7.7568 kΩ
- 7.87 kΩ7.7913 kΩ–7.9487 kΩ
- 8.2 kΩ7.79 kΩ–8.61 kΩ
If you do not have one
Standard values that land within 1% of 7.5 kΩ when combined.