Colour coding of resistors

Just how did you use those resistor colours again? Like this...

black brown red orange yellow green blue violet grey white	black brown red orange yellow green blue violet grey white	black brown red orange yellow green blue violet grey white		silver gold black brown red orange yellow green blue violet grey white		grey violet blue green brown red gold silver		brown red yellow orange blue violet white
Resistance				Ω
Tolerance ±				%
Temperature coefficient				ppm/°C
Range E3 E6 E12 E24 E48 E96 E192
	The nearest standard resistor is ... Ω
	... Ω in series with ... Ω gives ... Ω
	... Ω in parallel with ... Ω gives ... Ω

"Big boys race our young girls but Violet generally wins."

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