Provided is a chip resistor including: a rectangular parallelepiped insulating substrate 1 which is made of ceramics; a pair of front electrodes 2 which are provided on lengthwise opposite end portions in a front surface of the insulating substrate 1; a resistive element 3 which is provided between and connected to the two front electrodes 2; an insulating protective layer 4 which covers the whole of the front surface of the insulating substrate 1 including the resistive element 3 and the two front electrodes 2; and a pair of cap-shaped end-surface electrodes 5 which are provided on the lengthwise opposite end portions of the insulating substrate 1 to be connected to the front electrodes 2; wherein: the protective layer 4 is formed out of a semi-transparent resin material which is similar in color to the insulating substrate 1.