As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
May 14, 1998.
                              Registration No. 333-29407


               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                     Washington, D.C. 20549

                 POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
                               TO
                            FORM S-8
                     REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                             UNDER
                   THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


                  ACCENT COLOR SCIENCES, INC.
       (Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)
                                                  
         Connecticut                         06-1380314
 (State or other jurisdiction             (I.R.S. Employer
              of                       Identification Number)
incorporation or organization)                    
                                               06108
  800 Connecticut Boulevard                  (Zip Code)
   East Hartford, CT  06108                       
    (Address of Principal
      Executive Offices)

       ACCENT COLOR SCIENCES, INC. 1995 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
                   (Full title of the plan)
                      Charles E. Buchheit
                          President and
                     Chief Executive Officer
                   Accent Color Sciences, Inc.
                    800 Connecticut Boulevard
                    East Hartford, CT  06108
                         (860) 610-4000
    (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
                                
                 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

                           Proposed     Proposed     
Title of                   Maximum      Maximum      
Securities   Amount        Offering     Aggregate    Amount of
to be        to be         Price        Offering     Registration
Registered   Registered    Per Share    Price        Fee
             (1)           (2)          (2)          (2)
Common Stock,
No par value
per share    500,000 shares $ 2.2815   $ 1,140,750.00 $ 336.52

     (1)    The   registration   statement   also   includes   an
     indeterminable number of additional shares that  may  become
     issuable  as  a result of terminated, expired, forfeited  or
     surrendered  awards respecting Common Stock, or pursuant  to
     the antidilution adjustment provisions of the plan.
     
     (2)  In accordance with Rule 457, calculated on the basis of
     the  average of the high and low prices for the Common Stock
     on the Nasdaq National Market on May 11, 1998.

             The Exhibit Index is located at page 4.
                       Page 1 of 4 pages.
              INCORPORATION OF CONTENTS OF EARLIER
               REGISTRATION STATEMENT BY REFERENCE


     The  purpose of this Post-Effective Amendment No.  1  is  to
register  500,000  additional shares of the  Registrant's  Common
Stock,   no  par  value  per  share,  in  connection   with   the
Registrant's  1995  Stock Incentive Plan.   Pursuant  to  General
Instruction  E  of  Form  S-8 the contents  of  the  Registrant's
Registration Statement (Registration No. 333-29407) on  Form  S-8
filed  with  the  Commission on June 17, 1997,  are  incorporated
herein by reference.



                           SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of  1933,
the  Registrant  certifies  that it  has  reasonable  grounds  to
believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on  Form
S-8  and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No.  1  to
the  Registration  Statement to be signed on its  behalf  by  the
undersigned,  thereunto duly authorized,  in  the  Town  of  East
Hartford, Connecticut, on May 14, 1998.


                                   ACCENT COLOR SCIENCES, INC.


                                   By:/s/ PatrickJ.Pedonti
                                          Patrick J. Pedonti
                                          Vice President,
                                          Treasurer and
                                          Chief Financial Officer



     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of  1933,
this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on
the dates indicated.



     Signature                    Title                   Date


/s/  Charles E. Buchheit      President, and            May 14, 1998
     Charles E. Buchheit      Chief Executive Officer


/s/  Patrick J. Pedonti       Vice President,           May 14, 1998
     Patrick J. Pedonti       Treasurer         
                              and Chief Financial
                              Officer (Principal
                              Financial Officer)

/s/  Norman L. Milliard                                 May 14, 1998
     Norman L. Milliard
      Director and
      Attorney-in-fact for:


Richard J. Coburn             Director
Willard F. Pinney, Jr.        Director        (Constituting a majority
Robert H. Steele              Director        of the Board of Directors)
Richard Hodgson               Director




                         EXHIBIT INDEX

              No.       Description

              4.1       Amended and Restated 
                        Certificate of
                        Incorporation of the
              4.2       Company*
                        
              4.3       By-laws of the
                        Company*
                        
              5         Accent Color
                        Sciences, Inc. 1995
                        Stock Incentive Plan
            23.1        
                        Opinion of Murtha,
                        Cullina, Richter and
            23.2        Pinney, LLP
                        
                        Consent of Price
                        Waterhouse, LLP
           24           
                        Consent of Murtha,
                        Cullina, Richter and
                        Pinney, LLP
                        contained in their
                        opinion filed as
                        Exhibit 5
                        
                        Power of Attorney*
                        
*Previously filed.