A tampon applicator comprising: an outer tube (20) to contain at least a portion of an absorbent medium (40) therein; and a first inner tube (31) and a second inner tube (32), wherein the second inner tube (32) is telescopically received within the first inner tube (31), and the first inner tube (31) and the second tube inner (32) are connectable to each other during use to remove the absorbent means (40) from the outer tube (20), wherein at least part of the first inner tube (31) and at least a portion of the second inner tube ( 32) overlap each other in an overlapping region (R1) outside the outer tube (20), wherein the first inner tube (31) is transparent or translucent and the outer tube (20) and the second inner tube (32) they are colored, and a color difference with respect to a white reference plate, between the outer tube (20) and the overlap region (R1) is greater than a color difference with respect to the white reference plate, between the overlap region (R1) and the second inner tube (32).Un aplicador de tampón, que comprende: un tubo exterior (20) para contener al menos una parte de un medio absorbente (40) en el mismo; y un primer tubo interior (31) y un segundo tubo interior (32), en donde el segundo tubo interior (32) se recibe telescópicamente dentro del primer tubo interior (31), y el primer tubo interior (31) y el segundo tubo interior (32) son conectables entre sí durante el uso para sacar el medio absorbente (40) desde el tubo exterior (20), en donde al menos una parte del primer tubo interior (31) y al menos una parte del segundo tubo interior (32) se superponen entre sí en una región de superposición (R1) fuera del tubo exterior (20), en donde el primer tubo interior (31) es transparente o traslúcido y el tubo exterior (20) y el segundo tubo interior (32) son coloreados, y una diferencia de color, con respecto a una placa de referencia blanca, entre el tubo exterior (20) y la región de superposición (R1) es mayor que una diferencia de color, c