In message , Chris Green
writes
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 22/08/2019 21:04, Bob Eager wrote:
On Thu, 22 Aug 2019 17:34:30 +0100, NY wrote:

I remember the mnemonic Bye Bye Rosie On You Go Birmingham By Great
Western (or Buy Better Resistors Or Your Grid Bias May Go West - Mauve
rather than Violet). There's also Bad Boys Ring Our Young Girls But
Vicky Goes Without or Bad Boys Ring Our Young Girls But Vicky Gives
Willingly (anyone know Vicky's phone number?)

The difficult part is remember which way the Black and Brown go in the
mnemonic!

Just remember it's a spectrum, so starts at black and ends in white.



Golly after years of staring at resistors I dont need no mnemonics

Exactly! :-) (OP speaking) I remember doing colour blindness tests
way back in the 1960s when I started work at Marconi Instruments in
St. Albans.
As did I at nearby EAC:-)
You might have met my schoolfriend, Ken Pyrah. His most notable feature
was grey hair at age 17!


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Tim Lamb