Aluminum member and method for producing same

An aluminum member comprising:

• a substrate formed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy;
• and
• an anodic oxide coating that includes a barrier layer in contact with a surface of the substrate, a first porous layer in contact with a surface of the barrier layer on an opposite side to the substrate, and a second porous layer in contact with a surface of the first porous layer on an opposite side to the barrier layer and including multiple pores aligned and linearly extending from a surface in contact with the first porous layer toward an exposed surface, wherein
• the first porous layer includes at least one of:
• multiple branching pores;
• or multiple pores having an average pore diameter larger than that of the second porous layer,
• a thickness of the barrier layer is less than 300 nm,
• the aluminum member has an L* value of 82.5 to 100, an a* value of −1 to +1, and a b* value of −1.5 to +1.5, where the L* value, the a* value, and the b* value are values in a L*a*b* color system measured from a side of the anodic oxide coating,
• a ratio of a maximum reflection intensity to a minimum reflection intensity is 400 or less when reflection intensity on a side of the anodic oxide coating is measured using a goniophotometer at a detector angle of −80 to +10 degrees.