Richard George Coe, Cincinnati, OH; Kevin Gerard Muhs, Hamilton, OH; Robert Karl Isburgh, Loveland, OH; Pietro Cecchetto, Fairfield, OH; and John Lee Hammons, Hamilton, OH.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.

Filed: 6/21/18
Issued: 1/14/20

A method for fabricating an absorbent article, the absorbent article comprising a liquid permeable topsheet comprising a first layer, a second layer; a colored sheet comprising a colored sheet web having a first colored region; and a liquid impermeable backsheet comprising a backsheet web, the absorbent article having a body-facing surface comprising the first layer and a garment-facing surface positioned opposite to the body-facing surface, the method comprising the steps of: a) obtaining a composite of the first layer and the second layer, wherein the composite comprises a first plurality of discrete features and a second plurality of discrete features, wherein the first plurality of discrete features differ from the plurality of second discrete features; b) supplying the colored sheet web having the first colored region onto the second layer side of the composite, and integrating the composite and the colored sheet web to form an integrated composite; c) supplying the backsheet web onto the colored sheet web side of the integrated composite, and integrating the integrated composite and the backsheet web to form an absorbent article assembly; and d) severing the absorbent article assembly into individual absorbent articles, wherein the absorbent article has a background region, wherein the background region and the first colored region are viewable from the body facing surface, and wherein the first colored region differs in color from the background region.