Luke Robinson Magee, Cincinnati, OH; George Bartol Glackin, III, Wyoming, OH; Christopher John Hosmer, Brighton, MA; Naomi Shoshana Korn, Chicago, IL; James Douglas Wilson, Norwood, MA; Mark Christopher Bates, Westwood, MA; Mattias Schmidt, Idstein, Germany; Eva Susanne Dominique Thurnay, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; and Joerg Mueller, Karben, Germany. Assigned to The Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, OH.

Filed: 7/16/13
Issued: 2/16/16

A disposable absorbent article having a first end region, a second end region and a crotch region between the first and second end regions, a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis that intersect in said crotch region of the absorbent article, said disposable absorbent article comprising: a liquid pervious topsheet, said liquid pervious topsheet having a body facing surface; a liquid impervious backsheet, said liquid impervious backsheet having a garment facing surface; a first a pair of side panels; a second pair of side panels that are spaced apart from said pair of side panels along said longitudinal axis; an absorbent core disposed between said topsheet and said backsheet; and a first internally visible serviceable indicium, said first internally visible serviceable indicium being at least partially located in said crotch region, said first internally visible serviceable indicium comprising an ink having a color, which distinguishes said first internally visible serviceable indicium from a region of said body facing surface of said liquid pervious topsheet, wherein said first internally visible serviceable indicium is visible on or through said body facing surface , wherein said first internally visible serviceable indicium comprises a pattern, and wherein said pattern comprises a variation of color along a length of said first internally visible serviceable indicium.