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                                                                    Exhibit 23.1

                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

The Board of Directors
MacDermid, Incorporated

We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement dated
October 15, 1999 on Form S-8 of MacDermid Equipment, Inc. 401K Plan of our
report dated June 22, 2001, relating to the statements of net assets
available for plan benefits of the MacDermid Equipment, Inc. 401K Plan as of
March 31, 2001 and 2000, and the related statements of changes in net assets
available for plan benefits for the years then ended and the supplemental
schedule, which report appears in the March 31, 2001 annual report on Form
11-K of MacDermid Equipment, Inc. 401K Plan.

                                         /s/ KPMG LLP

October 12, 2001