An absorbent article in which elastic members in a first region, where no illustrated sheet etc. is provided, are made to overlap a first colored section of an absorbent body, said section having a different color :from the color of the elastic members when viewed from the non-skin side of the absorbent article, in order to suppress the creasing of a second colored section, such as an illustrated sheet etc., provided at the center of a band member in the horizontal direction so as to make the second colored section easily visible, and to make i t easy to discern that the elastic members, which contribute to the fit, are contiguous along the horizontal direction.
