Absorbent hygiene article for placement in underwear having a longitudinal extension X and a transversal extension Y when in a flattened out configuration, said article comprising: a liquid permeable topsheet; a backsheet; and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, said absorbent core having a core perimeter encircling the core in the X-Y-plane; said article further having an article perimeter encircling the article in the X-Y plane, which article perimeter does not intersect with the absorbent core perimeter; an edge area defined as the area outside of the absorbent core perimeter and inside of the article perimeter; and an inner area inside of the absorbent core perimeter; wherein said topsheet and said backsheet are joined together in the edge area; said topsheet is of a translucent material having an inherent L* value of at least 80 and is provided with a colored, printed pattern defining at least one background region in which no print is applied and at least one colored region having a first inherent color; part of the at least one colored region having said first inherent color being located in the inner area and part of the at least one colored region having said first inherent color being located in the edge area; part of the background region being located in the inner area and part of the background region being located in the edge area; and the topsheet-facing side of the backsheet has a second inherent color that has an inherent L* value that is significantly lower than the inherent L* value of the topsheet, and lower than the inherent L*-value of a topsheet-facing surface of the absorbent core, such that the background region located in the inner area has a higher L*-value than the background region located in the edge area, and wherein the first and second inherent colors are different, and the color difference between said at least one colored region located in the inner area and the background region located in the inner area (ΔE inner) is higher than the color difference between the said at least one colored region located in the edge area and the background region located in the edge area (ΔE edge). a liquid permeable topsheet; a backsheet; and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, said absorbent core having a core perimeter encircling the core in the X-Y-plane; said article further having an article perimeter encircling the article in the X-Y plane, which article perimeter does not intersect with the absorbent core perimeter; an edge area defined as the area outside of the absorbent core perimeter and inside of the article perimeter; and an inner area inside of the absorbent core perimeter; wherein said topsheet and said backsheet are joined together in the edge area; said topsheet is of a translucent material having an inherent L* value of at least 80 and is provided with a colored, printed pattern defining at least one background region in which no print is applied and at least one colored region having a first inherent color; part of the at least one colored region having said first inherent color being located in the inner area and part of the at least one colored region having said first inherent color being located in the edge area; part of the background region being located in the inner area and part of the background region being located in the edge area; and the topsheet-facing side of the backsheet has a second inherent color that has an inherent L* value that is significantly lower than the inherent L* value of the topsheet, and lower than the inherent L*-value of a topsheet-facing surface of the absorbent core, such that the background region located in the inner area has a higher L*-value than the background region located in the edge area, and wherein the first and second inherent colors are different, and the color difference between said at least one colored region located in the inner area and the background region located in the inner area (ΔE inner) is higher than the color difference between the said at least one colored region located in the edge area and the background region located in the edge area (ΔE edge).