Exhibit 23.1



                          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, Incorporated Profit
Sharing and Employee Stock Ownership Plan of our report dated May 10, 2002,
relating to the statements of net assets available for plan benefits of the
MacDermid, Incorporated Profit Sharing and Employee Stock Ownership Plan as of
December 31, 2001 and March 31, 2001, and the related statements of changes in
net assets available for plan benefits for the nine months ended December 31,
2001 and the year ended March 31, 2001 and the supplemental schedule, which
report appears in the December 31, 2001 annual report on Form 11-K of MacDermid,
Incorporated Profit Sharing and Employee Stock Ownership Plan.



                                               /s/ KPMG LLP

Hartford, Connecticut
June 26, 2002