Surface Mount Resistor Tolerance

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Hello,

Is there a way to determine the tolerance of a surface mount resistor by its markings or coloration?
 
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SMT resistors and caps generally have very little in the way of markings. Sometimes they will have a code on them (specified in the datasheet), but not usually.