<;P>;PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a guide wire which has excellent visual recognizability by a fiberscope inside a body, has low frictional resistance with tubes such as a catheter and cannula, and is excellent in workability. <;P>;SOLUTION: In this guide wire 10, the outer periphery of a core wire is sheathed with a resin membrane having at least in part a convex/concave spiral pattern 41 classified by color in a plurality of colors. It is preferable that the depth of the convex/concave is 0.01-0.1 mm. Also, it is preferable that the spiral pattern is prepared with the pitch of 1-5/cm. <;P>;COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT