Skip to content
Ohm Bands

Blue Black Violet Gold — 600 MΩ

Read left to right, starting from the end where the bands are grouped. The gold band is the tolerance and always sits alone at the far end.

60×10M±5%
Blue6Black0Violet×10MGold±5%

Value

600 MΩ

Range at ±5%

570 MΩ – 630 MΩ

Standard value

Non-standard

No E24 part carries this value — check you are reading from the right end.


What each band says

BandColourMeaning
1Blue1st digit — 6
2Black2nd digit — 0
3VioletMultiplier — ×10M
4GoldTolerance — ±5%

In a circuit

Across 5 V

0.00833 µA · 0.0417 µW · 1/8 W part

Across 12 V

0.02 µA · 0.24 µW · 1/8 W part

Surface-mount marking for the same value: 607.

If you misread one band

Brown and red, or orange and red, are easy to confuse under a desk lamp. These are the codes one band away from this one.