Caroline Colman (9 May 1831 – 5 July 1895) was the wife of Jeremiah James Colman, the third member of the family in charge of the eponymous company Colman's mustard. Caroline Colman had exerted significant influence over the social welfare of the company and later go on to introduce numerous social measures for the employees of Carrow Works, between 1857 and her death in 1895.

Colman, née Cozens-Hardy, was born to William Hardy and Sarah Cozens of Letheringsett Hall on 9 May 1831. She was the eldest of the family's four sons and five daughters.

Before her marriage, Colman dedicated her time to largely helping within the home and the local village. Colman helped her father write and by the age of 20 she had produced her own articles for two separate Wesleyan magazines. She also dedicated time to leading Bible studies, exchanging books with local villagers and reading to inmates of the workhouse.

Caroline Colman became engaged to Jeremiah James Colman on 30 January 1855 with the couple being married on 25 September 1856. The wedding celebrations concluded with a fireworks display for the villagers. Upon returning from their honeymoon, it was decided that the Colman's would take up residence in Carrow House, the same Norfolk village in which Jeremiah James Colman's work was based. Caroline would eventually go on to have a significant influence upon the works of her husband.

In October 1857, Colman opened up a school for the Children of the Carrow Works employees. The school was located in the upper room on King Street and initially taught 22 children in 1857, growing to accommodate 324 children by 1870. Colman oversaw the functioning of the school. In 1859, The Carrow Girls' School was described as 'a picturesque garden in which is a cottage and lofty tower'.

The Colmans' married life concentrated largely around the operations of J. & J. Colman factory. The company's scattered factory locations between Stoke and Carrow influenced the first six years of their marriage, with Jeremiah James alternating between these locations.

Despite her husband's absence, Caroline was greatly intrigued by the people employed at Carrow Works, which went on to employ over 2,000 people, mostly recruited from the town of Norwich by 1893. Colman routinely cared for aspects of the business that would benefit from a woman's instruction. These included the School and Kitchen departments. In 1868, Colman began a works' kitchen at Carrow, one of her greatest ventures during her life. The works' kitchen provided hot meals to Carrow Works' employees at affordable prices; vegetable stew and a pint of coffee was available to purchase at just 4d. In the kitchens, Colman acted as 'lady superintendent' and particularised the opening of the kitchens at 5:45 am to provide for those employees who undertook long journeys to work. The development of these work kitchens came almost half a century before the introduction and normalization of work canteens.

In 1864, a dispensary was founded on King Street as part of the Colman's group.