EXHIBIT 3.1H


                            CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

                                       OF

                          CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

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        Dyes & Chemicals Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under
and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware,

        DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:

        FIRST: That the Board of Directors of said Corporation, by the unanimous
written consent of its members, filed with the minutes of the Board, adopted a
resolution proposing and declaring advisable the following amendment to the
"Certificate of Incorporation of said Corporation:

            RESOLVED, that the Certificate of Incorporation of Dyes & Chemicals
            Corporation be amended by changing the First Article thereof so
            that, as amended, said Article shall be and read as follows:

            "1. The name of the corporation is:

                Crompton & Knowles Colors Incorporated"

        SECOND: That in lieu of a meeting and vote of stockholders, the
stockholders have given unanimous written consent to said amendment in
accordance with the provisions of Section 228 of the General Corporation Law of
the State of Delaware.

        THIRD: That the aforesaid amendment was duly adopted in accordance with
the applicable provisions of Sections 242 and 228 of the General Corporation Law
of the State of Delaware.



        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said Corporation has caused this certificate to be
signed by John, T. Ferguson, II, its Secretary, this 5th day of April, 1995.

                                         Dyes & Chemicals Corporation

                                         By /s/ John T. Ferguson, II
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                                           Secretary