On Sat, 11 Mar 2017 16:02:12 -0500, Ralph Mowery
wrote:

I believe you are reading that chart wrong.

I have some resistors and checked them out. One is a brown black gold
and is 1 ohm. Another is brown black silver and is .1 ohms. That is
measured with a Fluke 87 VOM.

I don't know for sure, but maybe the resistors do not start off with a
black band. Don't have any loose resistors to check, but many on
circuit boards are a solid color with a black band in the middle.

I bookmarked this site:
http://www.hobby-hour.com/electronic...-resistors.php

Not only does it calculate the resistor color code, but it even shows a
picture. That's a site worth saving....

I never had any problem with the color codes in the old days, because I
dont recall ever running into any resistors less than 10 ohms on the old
tube gear. It's just these small value ones that are tricky.