Color code references typically have a reader think of a 560 kΩ resistor as 56 * 10 kΩ, ... [Andrew] shares a prototype of a new kind of chart in his post, so if you have a few minutes, ...

I just memorized the color code by looking up colors on the color code chart in the ARRL Handbook. Nobody taught me, I didn’t think it out, it was just part of it all. I don’t have a method, I ...