Thread: Resistor value to color code and vice versa

I'd like to thank you all for your time and help in advanced much appreciated.

Microsoft Visual Studio 2012
C++ Console Application

What my program is to do:
-ask user for value ex. 200 ohms
- output the value in color ex brown black brown
and vice versa
-ask user for color ex brown black brown
-output the value ex 200 ohms

a few background summary:
I'm very new to C++(2 days) i have self taught myself c++ enough to make my very first working program. i got it to output the value based on the color numbers entered. basically am trying to make a resistor color code calculator.

My problem:
- it only outputs the value based on color numbers
how do i make it output value in colors?
- is there better ways of doing this?

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <cmath>
using namespace std;


int main() {
    double colornum,multiplier;


    cout<<"0 = black"<<endl;
    cout<<"1 = brown"<<endl;
    cout<<"2 = red"<<endl;
    cout<<"3 = orange"<<endl;
    cout<<"4 = yellow"<<endl;
    cout<<"5 = green"<<endl;
    cout<<"6 = blue"<<endl;
    cout<<"7 = violet"<<endl;
    cout<<"8 = grey"<<endl;
    cout<<"9 = white" <<endl<<endl;


    cout<<"Enter 1st & 2nd band color numbers: ";
    cin>>colornum;
    cout<<"Enter 3rd band color number(Multiplier): ";
    cin>>multiplier;


    cout <<"The color code of a "<<colornum<<multiplier<< " resistor is: ";


    if ( multiplier == 0) {
        multiplier = colornum * pow( 10,0 );
    } else if ( multiplier == 1 ) {
        multiplier = colornum * pow( 10,1 );
    } else if ( multiplier == 2 ) {
        multiplier = colornum * pow( 10,2 );
    } else if ( multiplier == 3 ) {
        multiplier = colornum * pow( 10,3 );
    } else if ( multiplier == 4 ) {
        multiplier = colornum * pow( 10,4 );
    } else if ( multiplier == 5 ) {
        multiplier = colornum * pow( 10,5 );
    } else if ( multiplier == 6 ) {
        multiplier = colornum * pow( 10,6 );
    } else if ( multiplier == 7 ) {
        multiplier = colornum * pow( 10,7 );
    } else if ( multiplier == 8 ) {
        multiplier = colornum * pow( 10,8 );
    } else {
        multiplier = colornum * pow( 10,9 );
    }
    cout <<multiplier<<endl;
    return 0;
}