Package containing a window and performance characteristic indicator

The present invention relates to a package for containing and dispensing absorbent articles. Proper selection and use of such articles is communicated by means of using the same distinctive color-coding system associated with the articles and their packaging, and a window that displays the thickness of the article. In preferred embodiments, the invention relates to absorbent articles for absorbing bodily fluids, especially menses. The present invention encompasses a package having a container with a layer. The layer has an interior surface and an exterior surface. The layer forms an interior space. The interior space has a plurality of absorbent articles forming a stack within the interior space of the container. Each of the absorbent articles has a thickness and is individually wrapped in a wrapper. The wrapper of each of the absorbent articles has a distinctive color. The exterior surface of the container has a graphic which has a distinctive color and a first window in the container. The first window reveals at least a portion of the thickness of at least one of the absorbent articles and at least a portion of the distinctive color of the wrapper.