EXHIBIT 23
                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
KPMG  LLP  (Logo)
Certified  Public  Accountants
One  Financial  Plaza
Hartford,  CT  06103-4103
                          Independent Auditors' Consent
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The  Board  of  Directors
MacDermid,  Incorporated:
We  consent  to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements Number
033-61401,  333-64007,  333-89185, 950123-01-505083 and 950123-01-505084 on Form
S-8  and  333-68535 and 333-102177 on Form S-3 of MacDermid, Incorporated of our
report  dated  February  4, 2003, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of
MacDermid,  Incorporated  and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2002 and 2001, and
the  related  consolidated  statements  of  earnings, comprehensive income, cash
flows  and changes in shareholders' equity for the year ended December 31, 2002,
the nine months ended December 31, 2001 and the year ended March 31, 2001, which
report  is  incorporated  by reference in the December 31, 2002 annual report on
Form  10-K/A  of  MacDermid,  Incorporated.
/s/  KPMG  LLP
March  27,  2003