Exhibit No. 5 - Opinion of Murtha, Cullina,
                                                            Richter & Pinney LLP

                                            February __, 2000



Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza

Washington, D.C.  20549


         Re:  Accent Color Sciences, Inc.


Ladies and Gentlemen:

     We have acted as counsel for Accent Color  Sciences,  Inc.,  a  Connecticut
corporation ("the Company"),  in connection with the registration by the Company
of up to an  aggregate  of  12,418,750  shares of the  Company's  common  stock,
without par value (the  "Common  Stock"),  for the  account of certain  security
holders of the  Company  (the  "Registration")  as  described  in the  Company's
Registration  Statement being filed as Form S-3/A on Form S-2 (the "Registration
Statement") this date under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

         In  connection  with  the  following  opinion,  we  have  reviewed  the
Registration  Statement and are familiar with the action taken by the Company to
date with respect to the approval and authorization of the Registration. We have
examined  originals,  or copies,  certified  or otherwise  authenticated  to our
satisfaction,  of such  corporate  records of the Company,  agreements and other
instruments,  certificates of public officials,  officers and representatives of
the Company and such other documents as we have deemed  necessary as a basis for
the opinion hereinafter expressed.  We are furnishing this opinion in connection
with the filing of the Registration Statement.

         Based  upon  the  foregoing,  we are  of the  opinion  that,  upon  the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the shares of Common Stock proposed
to be registered by the Company under the  Registration  Statement will be, when
sold, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.




         We hereby consent to the inclusion of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm under the caption "Legal
Matters" in the prospectus constituting a part of the Registration Statement.

                                    Very truly yours,

                                    MURTHA, CULLINA, RICHTER AND PINNEY, LLP


                                    By:______________________________________
                                        Willard F. Pinney, Jr.
                                        A Partner