An absorbent article is provided that accurately emphasizes surface irregularities on the side of a top sheet that contacts the skin. The present invention is an adsorbent article 1A provided with a liquid permeable top sheet 60 composed of a white non woven fabric a liquid impermeable back sheet 40 provided at a location opposing the top sheet and an absorbent 50A provided between the top sheet and the back sheet wherein a colored element 52A is further provided on the side of the top sheet that does not contact the skin that is visible through the top sheet and is colored to a color other than white the top sheet has a plurality of protrusions 61 protruding in the thickness direction and a plurality of indentations 62 indented in the thickness direction the basic weight of the protrusions is greater than the basic weight of the indentations and the color difference between the Lab value of the color of the colored element visible through the protrusions of the top sheet and the Lab value of the color of the colored element visible through the indentations of the top sheet is 2.8 or more.
