<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001225208-13-017234.txt : 20130802
<SEC-HEADER>0001225208-13-017234.hdr.sgml : 20130802
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20130802181420
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001225208-13-017234
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20130731
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130802
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130802

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000021665
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PERFUMES, COSMETICS & OTHER TOILET PREPARATIONS [2844]
		IRS NUMBER:				131815595
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		300 PARK AVE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2123102000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		300 PARK AVE
		STREET 2:		14TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MARTIN RONALD T
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001227251

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-00644
		FILM NUMBER:		131008286

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO
		STREET 2:		300 PARK AVE 15TH FL
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022
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<TYPE>4
<SEQUENCE>1
<FILENAME>doc4.xml
<TEXT>
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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2013-07-31</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000021665</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>CL</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001227251</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>MARTIN RONALD T</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>300 PARK AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10022</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>VP Global Soc. Responsibility</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2013-07-31</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1800.0000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>60.2709</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>10342.0000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>13102.0000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Issuer's 401(k) Plan Trustee</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable></derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Weighted average price, as these shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $60.27 to $60.2798, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the issuer, any security holder of the issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, additional information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">All amounts reported on this Form 4 reflect the 2-for-1 stock split of the common stock of the issuer effective as of May 15, 2013.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>poa_martin.txt</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Nina Huffman, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2013-08-02</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>poa_martin.txt
<TEXT>
POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints each of Andrew Hendry, Nina Huffman, Kristine Hutchinson, Femi
Giwa and Sharon Han, or any of them signing singly, and with full power of
substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney in fact to:

	(1)	prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the
		undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and
		Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including
		amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or
		appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the
		undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of
		reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities
		Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

	(2)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
		undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of
		Colgate-Palmolive Company (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and
		5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
		Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

	(3)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
		undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete
		and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute
		any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such
		forms with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar
		authority; and

	(4)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
		with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney in
		fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or
		legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood
		that the documents executed by such attorney in fact on
		behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney
		shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
		conditions as such attorney in fact may approve in such
		attorney in fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney in fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the
rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney in fact, or such attorney in fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys in fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys in fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 2nd day of August, 2013.


		     				/s/ Ronald T. Martin

						Ronald T. Martin
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
</SEC-DOCUMENT>
