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[sgtmecca]

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[Blizzrad]

Resistors use the color band code to denote numeric values which would otherwise be too difficult to print and read on something so tiny.

A 10 ohm resistor should be:

( Brown,  Black,  Black ) The fourth band indicates tolerance, so for gold it would be 5%.

This is a useful link:
http://samengstrom.com/nxl/3660/4_band_resistor_color_code_page.en.html

[sgtmecca]

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[sgtmecca]

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[Blizzrad]

A 10  ohm resistor = 10 ohms
A 10k ohm resistor = 10,000 ohms

As I understand it, you shouldn't have to worry about the tolerance values for what you are doing, gold or silver should both work fine. According to the 4 band color code, 10 ohms is:

(Brown, Black, Black, *tolerance*).