A plasma display panel having improved contrast without needing an additional manufacturing process includes: a transparent front substrate, a rear substrate arranged on a lower portion of the front substrate; sustain electrode pairs arranged parallel to each other and located between the front substrate and the rear substrate; a transparent first dielectric layer covering the sustain electrode pairs; address electrodes crossing the sustain electrode pairs and arranged between the sustain electrode pairs and the rear substrate; a second dielectric layer of a light absorbing color covering the address electrodes; transparent partition walls arranged on the second dielectric layer and defining light emitting cells; phosphor layers arranged in the light emitting cells; and a discharge gas filling the light emitting cells.