List of electronic color code mnemonics

Mnemonics are used to help memorize the electronic color codes for resistors.

Mnemonics describing specific and relatable scenarios are more memorable than abstract phrases.

The first letter of the color code is matched by order of increasing magnitude.

[15] Latanya Arvette Sweeney, associate professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon, mentions yet another as one reason why she felt alienated and eventually dropped out of MIT in the 1980s to form her own software company.

[16] In 2011, a teacher in the UK was reprimanded by the General Teaching Council for alluding to an offensive mnemonic and partial use of another.