Patent ID: 8556874

Claim:
An absorbent article having an upper surface and a lower surface, the absorbent article comprising: a topsheet comprising a formed film, the formed film having a periphery, a bottom surface and a viewing surface positioned opposite to the bottom surface, the viewing surface facing upwardly towards the upper surface of the absorbent article; a backsheet having a garment facing surface and a user facing surface positioned oppositely to the garment facing surface, the backsheet being joined to the topsheet; and an absorbent core having a top surface and a bottom surface positioned opposite to the top surface, the absorbent core being positioned between the topsheet and the backsheet; the topsheet formed film having a first layer, the first layer having a colored portion viewable from the viewing surface of the topsheet, the colored portion having a plurality of first printed marks forming a first shade in a first region of the formed film, and a plurality of second printed marks forming a second shade in a different region of the formed film, the second shade being different from the first shade.