Capacitor Chart

Tantalum Capacitor Color Codes

Charts

Color Color

1st
2nd
Voltage
Multiplier
Figure Figure

Black

Parallel Capacitance Math:

CT = C 1 + C 2 + C 3
Series Capacitance Math:
1/CT = 1/C1 + 1/C2 + 1/C3

10

Brown

10

Red

100

Orange

Yellow

6.3

Green

16

Blue

20

Violet

Grey

0.01

25

White

0.1

Pink

35

Mica Capacitor Values

Charts

Parallel Capacitance Math:

CT = C1 + C2 + C3
Series Capacitance Math:

Value

Multiplier

Letter

Tolerance

0.1pF

10

0.25pF

100

0.5pF

1,000

1%

10,000

2%

100,000

3%

5%

10%

0.01

1/CT = 1/C1 + 1/C2 + 1/C3

0.1

20%

Capacitor Code Guide

VALUE

TYPE

1.5pF

Ceramic

3.3pF

Ceramic

10pF

Ceramic

15pF

Ceramic

20pF

Ceramic

30pF

Ceramic

33pF

Ceramic

47pF

Ceramic

56pF

Ceramic

68pF
75pF

Ceramic
Ceramic

82pF

Ceramic

91pF
100pF
120pF
130pF
150pF
180pF
220pF
330pF
470pF
560pF
680pF
750pF
820pF

CODE

Mylar
Mylar
Mylar
Mylar
Mylar
Mylar
Mylar
Mylar
Mylar
203
223

Ceramic
Ceramic
Ceramic
Ceramic
Ceramic
Ceramic
Ceramic
Ceramic
Ceramic
Ceramic
Ceramic
Ceramic
Ceramic

CODE

101
121
131
151
181
221
331
471
561
681
751
821

333
473
503
563
683
104
204
224
334
474
564
105

VALUE
1,000pF
102
1,500pF
152
2,000pF
202
2,200pF
222
4,700pF
472
5,000pF
502
5,600pF
562
6,800pF
682
.01
103
.015
.02

TYPE
/ .001uF

Ceramic /

/ .0015uF

Ceramic /

/ .002uF

Ceramic /

/ .0022uF

Ceramic /

/ .0047uF

Ceramic /

/ .005uF

Ceramic /

/ .0056uF

Ceramic /

/ .0068uF

Ceramic /
Ceramic /
Mylar
Mylar

.022

Mylar

.033

Mylar

.047

Mylar

.05

Mylar

.056

Mylar

.068

Mylar

.1

Mylar

.2

Mylar

.22

Mylar

.33

Mylar

.47

Mylar

.56

Mylar

Mylar

Mylar

205
Usually the first two digits of the code represent part of the value; the third digit corresponds to the

number of zeros to be added to the first two digits. This is the value in pf.

GeneralCapacitanceCodebreakerCharts

pico-farad
(pF)

nano-farad
(nF)

micro-farad
(mF,uF or mfd)

capacitance
code

1000

1 or 1n

0.001

102

1500

1.5 or 1n5

0.0015

152

2200

2.2 or 2n2

0.0022

222

3300

3.3 or 3n3

0.0033

332

4700

4.7 or 4n7

0.0047

472

6800

6.8 or 6n8

0.0068

682

10000

10 or 10n

0.01

103

15000

15 or 15n

0.015

153

22000

22 or 22n

0.022

223

33000

33 or 33n

0.033

333

47000

47 or 47n

0.047

473

68000

68 or 68n

0.068

683

100000

100 or 100n

0.1

104

150000

150 or 150n

0.15

154

220000

220 or 220n

0.22

224

330000

330 or 330n

0.33

334

470000

470 or 470n

0.47

474