An absorbent article has a colored region between a top sheet and an absorbent core, with a color different from that of the top sheet and being visible through the top sheet. A liquid-permeable substrate sheet between the top sheet and the absorbent core includes a fiber material. A microparticle adhesion region is where non-absorbent and water-insoluble microparticles of a color different from the color of the colored region have been adhered to the fiber material of the substrate sheet, with the average particle size of the microparticles being less than the average width of the fiber material of the substrate sheet. In the thickness direction, the microparticle adhesion region includes a region overlapping with both the colored region and a surrounding region that surrounds the colored region.
