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  <DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-________
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Color Kinetics Incorporated</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B><I>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</I></B></DIV>
  
  
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
  <I>(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)</I>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>04-3391805</B><BR>
  <I>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</I></TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>10 Milk Street, Suite&nbsp;1100, Boston, Massachusetts</B><BR>
  <I>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</I>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>02108</B><BR>
  <I>(Zip Code)</I></TD>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>COLOR KINETICS INCORPORATED 2004 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Mr.&nbsp;William J. Sims<BR>
  Chief Executive Officer<BR>
  Color Kinetics Incorporated<BR>
  10 Milk Street, Suite&nbsp;1100<BR>
  Boston, Massachusetts 02108</B><BR>
  <I>(Name and Address of Agent For Service)</I>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>(617)&nbsp;423-9999</B><BR>
  <I>(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</I>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B><I>WITH COPIES TO:</I><BR>
  John D. Patterson, Jr., Esquire<BR>
  Robert W. Sweet, Jr., Esquire<BR>
  Foley Hoag LLP<BR>
  155 Seaport Boulevard<BR>
  Boston, Massachusetts 02210<BR>
  (617)&nbsp;832-1000</B>
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  OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>price per share</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">1,000,000 shares (1)</DIV></TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$15.275 (2)</TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$15,275,000.00</TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$1,634.43</TD>
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;Represents additional shares of common stock available for issuance pursuant to the Color
  Kinetics Incorporated 2004 Stock Incentive Plan.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933 based on
  the average of the high and low sales prices of Color Kinetics Incorporated common stock as
  reported on the NASDAQ National Market on June&nbsp;9, 2006.
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  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">EXPLANATORY NOTE</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#002">PART II</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement covers an additional 1,000,000 shares of common stock (the
  &#147;Shares&#148;) issuable pursuant to the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan of Color Kinetics Incorporated (the
  &#147;Registrant&#148;), as amended (the &#147;Plan&#148;). The Shares are in addition to the 2,250,000 shares of
  common stock, issuance of which pursuant to the Plan is covered by earlier filed registration
  statements on Form S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-116715 and 333- 126621), the contents of which the
  Registrant incorporates by reference herein pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8. After
  application of the evergreen provision in the Plan, the maximum cumulative number of shares
  issuable under the Plan is 3,250,000.
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">(1)&nbsp;Incorporated by reference from the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1
  (Registration No.&nbsp;333-114386),<BR>filed on April&nbsp;9, 2004.
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
  duly authorized, in the City of Boston, Massachusetts, as of
  June&nbsp;16, 2006.
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      <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>Color Kinetics Incorporated</B><BR>
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      <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ David K. Johnson
  &nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD colspan="2" align="left">David K. Johnson&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2" align="left">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each individual whose signature appears below constitutes and
  appoints William J. Sims and David K. Johnson, and each of them, his true and lawful
  attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and
  stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
  amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
  all documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
  and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
  thing which they, or any of them, may deem necessary or advisable to be done in connection with
  this Registration Statement, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
  person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them,
  or any substitute or substitutes for him, any or all of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done
  by virtue hereof.
  </DIV>
  
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been
  signed by the following persons in the indicated capacities as of
  June&nbsp;16, 2006.
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      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
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      <TD align="left" nowrap valign="bottom">/s/ WILLIAM J. SIMS
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  William J. Sims</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center">
  President, Chief Executive Officer and Director<BR>(Principal Executive Officer)
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="bottom">June 16, 2006</TD>
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      <TD align="left" nowrap valign="bottom">/s/ DAVID K. JOHNSON
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  David K. Johnson</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center">
  Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<BR>(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="bottom">June 16, 2006</TD>
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      <TD align="left" nowrap valign="bottom">/s/ GEORGE G. MUELLER
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  George G. Mueller</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="bottom">June 16, 2006</TD>
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      <TD align="left" nowrap valign="bottom">/s/ JOHN E. ABELE
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  John E. Abele</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center">
  Director
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      <TD align="left" valign="bottom">June 16, 2006</TD>
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      <TD align="left" nowrap valign="bottom">/s/ NOUBAR B. AFEYAN
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Noubar B. Afeyan</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="bottom">June 16, 2006</TD>
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  Table of Contents
  Registration No. 333-________
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  Color Kinetics Incorporated
  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
  Delaware
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
  04-3391805
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
  10 Milk Street, Suite 1100, Boston, Massachusetts
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  02108
  (Zip Code)
  COLOR KINETICS INCORPORATED 2004 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
  (Full Title of the Plans)
  Mr. William J. Sims
  Chief Executive Officer
  Color Kinetics Incorporated
  10 Milk Street, Suite 1100
  Boston, Massachusetts 02108
  (Name and Address of Agent For Service)
  (617) 423-9999
  (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
  WITH COPIES TO:
  John D. Patterson, Jr., Esquire
  Robert W. Sweet, Jr., Esquire
  Foley Hoag LLP
  155 Seaport Boulevard
  Boston, Massachusetts 02210
  (617) 832-1000
  CALCULATION
  OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Proposed maximum offering
  Proposed maximum aggregate
  Amount of
  Amount to be registered
  price per share
  offering price
  registration fee
  1,000,000 shares (1)
  $15.275 (2)
  $15,275,000.00
  $1,634.43
  (1) Represents additional shares of common stock available for issuance pursuant to the Color
  Kinetics Incorporated 2004 Stock Incentive Plan.
  (2) Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933 based on
  the average of the high and low sales prices of Color Kinetics Incorporated common stock as
  reported on the NASDAQ National Market on June 9, 2006.
  TABLE OF CONTENTS
  PART I
  EXPLANATORY NOTE
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 8. Exhibits.
  SIGNATURES
  EX-4.3 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended
  EX-5.1 Opinion of Foley Hoag LLP
  EX-23.2 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
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  PART I
  EXPLANATORY NOTE
  This Registration Statement covers an additional 1,000,000 shares of common stock (the
  "Shares") issuable pursuant to the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan of Color Kinetics Incorporated (the
  "Registrant"), as amended (the "Plan"). The Shares are in addition to the 2,250,000 shares of
  common stock, issuance of which pursuant to the Plan is covered by earlier filed registration
  statements on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-116715 and 333- 126621), the contents of which the
  Registrant incorporates by reference herein pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8. After
  application of the evergreen provision in the Plan, the maximum cumulative number of shares
  issuable under the Plan is 3,250,000.
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 8. Exhibits.
  4.1(1)
  Seventh Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Color Kinetics Incorporated
  4.2(1)
  Second Amended and Restated By-Laws of Color Kinetics Incorporated
  4.3
  Color Kinetics Incorporated 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended
  5.1
  Opinion of Foley Hoag LLP
  23.1
  Consent of Foley Hoag LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
  23.2
  Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
  23.3
  Power of Attorney (contained on the signature page of this Registration Statement)
  (1) Incorporated by reference from the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1
  (Registration No. 333-114386),
  filed on April 9, 2004.
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  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 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
  duly authorized, in the City of Boston, Massachusetts, as of
  June 16, 2006.
  Color Kinetics Incorporated
  By:
  /s/ David K. Johnson
  David K. Johnson
  Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each individual whose signature appears below constitutes and
  appoints William J. Sims and David K. Johnson, and each of them, his true and lawful
  attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and
  stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
  amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
  all documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
  and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
  thing which they, or any of them, may deem necessary or advisable to be done in connection with
  this Registration Statement, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
  person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them,
  or any substitute or substitutes for him, any or all of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done
  by virtue hereof.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been
  signed by the following persons in the indicated capacities as of
  June 16, 2006.
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ WILLIAM J. SIMS
  William J. Sims
  President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  June 16, 2006
  /s/ DAVID K. JOHNSON
  David K. Johnson
  Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
  June 16, 2006
  /s/ GEORGE G. MUELLER
  George G. Mueller
  Director
  June 16, 2006
  /s/ JOHN E. ABELE
  John E. Abele
  Director
  June 16, 2006
  /s/ NOUBAR B. AFEYAN
  Noubar B. Afeyan
  Director
  June 16, 2006
  /s/ ELISABETH ALLISON
  Elisabeth Allison
  Director
  June 16, 2006
  /s/ GARO H. ARMEN
  Garo H. Armen
  Director
  June 16, 2006
  /s/ MICHAEL HAWLEY
  Michael Hawley
  Director
  June 16, 2006
  /s/ WILLIAM O'BRIEN
  William O'Brien
  Director
  June 16, 2006
  /s/ JAMES F. O'CONNOR
  James F. O'Connor
  Director
  June 16, 2006
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