Napped artificial leather and method for producing same

A napped artificial leather, comprising:

• a non-woven fabric comprising an entangled body of ultrafine fibers;
• and
• an elastic polymer impregnated into the non-woven fabric;
• wherein:
• the napped artificial leather comprises, at least on one side thereof, a napped surface formed by napping the ultrafine fibers;
• the ultrafine fibers comprise a pigment (A) in an amount of 0.5 mass % or more;
• the elastic polymer comprises a positive amount of a pigment (B) in an amount up to 0.01 mass %;
• the ultrafine fibers and the elastic polymer are undyed;
• the napped surface has a lightness value of 25 or less in a color coordinate space (L*a*b* color space);
• and
• a ratio of an area occupied by the elastic polymer observed on the napped surface to a total area of an area occupied by the ultrafine fibers observed on the napped surface and the area occupied by the elastic polymer observed on the napped surface is 0.5% or less.