INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT The Board of Directors MacDermid, Incorporated: We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement No. 333-89185 dated October 15, 1999 on Form S-8 of MacDermid, Equipment 401(K) Plan of our report dated April 15, 2003, relating to the statements of net assets available for plan benefits of the MacDermid, Equipment 401(K) Plan as of December 31, 2002 and 2001, and the related statements of changes in net assets available for plan benefits for the year ended December 31, 2002 and for the nine months ended December 31, 2001, and the supplemental schedule, which appears in the December 31, 2002 annual report on Form 11-K of MacDermid, Equipment 401(K) Plan. KPMG, LLP Hartford, Connecticut June 18, 2003