There is provided an absorbent article in which elastic members of a first area to which an illustration sheet or the like is not provided are overlapped with a first colored part that is included in an absorbent main body and that is colored in a color different from the elastic members when seen from the non-skin side of the absorbent article, in order to suppress occurrence of creases in a second colored part such as an illustration sheet that is provided at the center part in the transverse direction of a band member so as to allow the second colored part to be easily visible, and to make it easy to visually recognize a state in which the elastic members that contribute to the fitting are continuously arranged along the transverse direction.
