Patent ID: 6932798

Claim:
A colored absorbent article to be attached to an inner side of an undergarment matching in color with the article, the absorbent article having a body surface for facing the skin of a wearer and a garment surface for facing the inner side of the undergarment, a color given to the absorbent article being visually recognizable from the side of the body surface, wherein the absorbent article comprises a stack of a plurality of sheets, of which at least one sheet is made of a synthetic resin containing a coloring agent, and the article has a central liquid passage region where liquid passage holes are uniformly distributed such that an area ratio of the liquid passage holes to the central liquid passage region is in a range of 8 to 20%, the central liquid passage region having a constant width and extending alone a centerline of the absorbent article over an entire length of the article. wherein when measured for the body surface of the absorbent article; both the central liquid passage region and the other regions outside the central liquid passage region have a Munsell value in a range of 5.7 to 8.7.