May 13, 1997

Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.  20549

       Re:   Accent Color Sciences, Inc. 1995 Stock Incentive Plan
           Post-effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 (File No. 333-29407)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     We  have acted as counsel to Accent Color Sciences, Inc.,  a
Connecticut corporation (the "Company"), in connection  with  the
preparation   and  filing  of  the  above-captioned  Registration
Statement  on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") registering
an  additional 500,000 shares of common stock, no par  value  per
share ("Common Stock"), of the Company for issuance from time-to-
time  under the Accent Color Sciences, Inc. 1995 Stock  Incentive
Plan  (the "Plan").  The Company has asked us to furnish you with
our opinion as to the matters hereinafter set forth in support of
the Registration Statement.

     In  rendering  this opinion, we have reviewed  originals  or
copies, certified or otherwise authenticated to our satisfaction,
of  the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, and  other
records  of  the  corporate proceedings of the Company  and  such
other documents, including the Plan, as we have deemed necessary.
As  to various questions of fact material to our opinion, we have
relied upon statements of fact contained in the documents we have
examined or made to us by officers of the Company, who by  reason
of  their positions would be expected to have knowledge  of  such
facts.  In addition, we have reviewed such provisions of law  and
have made such other and further investigations as we have deemed
necessary in order to express the opinions hereinafter set forth.

     Based  upon  and subject to the foregoing,  we  are  of  the
opinion   that,  upon  the  effectiveness  of  the   Registration
Statement,  the 500,000 additional shares of Common  Stock  which
may  be issued and sold from time-to-time by the Company pursuant
to  the  Plan as described in the Registration Statement and  the
Prospectus  comprising a part thereof will  be,  when  issued  in
accordance  with  the  Plan,  validly  issued,  fully  paid   and
nonassessable shares of Common Stock.

     We  hereby  consent  to the filing of  this  opinion  as  an
exhibit to the Registration Statement.

               Very truly yours,

               MURTHA, CULLINA, RICHTER and PINNEY, LLP



                          By:   /s/ Willard F. Pinney, Jr.
                                  Willard F. Pinney, Jr.
                                   A Partner