Yoshiyuki Shimizu, Kobe, Japan; Akane Matsuo, Kobe, Japan; Sachiko Ninomiya, Kobe, Japan; and Tsunetoshi Miura, Kobe, Japan.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.

Filed: 11/19/14
Issued: 11/29/16

A packaged absorbent article, comprising: a. a wrapper sheet that is in the form of a pouch and that comprises a non-white coloration treatment that is not printing and that comprises a CIE L*a*b* hue angle from −40 degrees to 20 degrees; and b. an absorbent article disposed in the pouch, the absorbent article comprising a garment facing surface that comprises a second non-white coloration treatment also comprising a CIE L*a*b* hue angle from −40 degrees to 20 degrees; c. wherein the absorbent article is folded but not folded together with the wrapper sheet.