INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT



The Board of Directors
MacDermid, Incorporated:


We consent to  incorporation  by reference in the  Registration  Statement dated
October  13,  2000 on Form S-8 of  MacDermid,  Incorporated  Profit  Sharing and
Employee Stock Ownership Plan of our report dated July 14, 2000, relating to the
statements  of  net  assets  available  for  plan  benefits  of  the  MacDermid,
Incorporated  Profit Sharing and Employee  Stock  Ownership Plan as of March 31,
2000 and 1999, 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, 2000 annual  report on Form 11-K of  MacDermid,
Incorporated Profit Sharing and Employee Stock Ownership Plan.





                                                           /s/ KPMG LLP
Hartford, Connecticut
October 13, 2000