The present invention provides an aqueous pigment concentrate comprising one or more pigments, wherein the total pigment concentration in the aqueous pigment concentrate is from 5 to 40 wt. %, one or more pigment dispersing agents, wherein the total pigment dispersing agent concentration in the aqueous pigment concentrate is from 0.5 to 5 wt. %, one or more non-ionic surfactants with a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB) value of at least (12), wherein the total concentration of non-ionic surfactants with an HLB value of at least (12) in the aqueous pigment concentrate is from 0.1 to 10 wt. %, and water as balance. Also provided is an aqueous ink comprising the aqueous pigment concentrate as well as a use thereof for inkjet printing, preferably on a corrugated board or on a liner for the production of corrugated board.

Provided are an ink jet recording ink including an organic solvent which is at least one selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by Formula 1 and a compound represented by Formula 2 and has a Clog P value of 1.0 to 3.5, resin particles which contain a resin having 1% by mass to 20% by mass of a structural unit represented by Formula 3 with respect to a total mass of the resin, a silicone-based surfactant, and water, and an image recording method. The description in Formula 1, Formula 2, and Formula 3 has been made in the specification.

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Provided are an ink jet recording ink including an organic solvent which is at least one selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by Formula 1 and a compound represented by Formula 2 and has a Clog P value of 1.0 to 3.5, resin particles which contain a resin having 1% by mass to 20% by mass of a structural unit represented by Formula 3 with respect to a total mass of the resin, a silicone-based surfactant, and water, and an image recording method. The description in Formula 1, Formula 2, and Formula 3 has been made in the specification.

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Ink compositions are provided which may comprise water; resin particles; a colorant; and optionally, a wax, wherein the resin particles comprise a polymerization product of reactants comprising a dioxane/dioxalane monomer and an additional monomer, wherein the dioxane/dioxalane monomer is an ester of (meth)acrylic acid with an alcohol comprising a dioxane moiety, an ester of (meth)acrylic acid with an alcohol comprising a dioxalane moiety, or both.

Ink compositions are provided which may comprise water; resin particles; a colorant; and optionally, a wax, wherein the resin particles comprise a polymerization product of reactants comprising a dioxane/dioxalane monomer and an additional monomer, wherein the dioxane/dioxalane monomer is an ester of (meth)acrylic acid with an alcohol comprising a dioxane moiety, an ester of (meth)acrylic acid with an alcohol comprising a dioxalane moiety, or both.

An ink jet composition of the present disclosure includes: water; a polyester resin having sulfo groups; and a colorant, the colorant is contained in particles formed from a material containing the polyester resin, and the sulfo groups have a high abundance ratio at a surface of each of the particles as compared to that at a center thereof.

An ink jet ink composition which is a water-based ink, includes: a colorant; a resin; a water-soluble low molecular weight organic compound A which is one of an amide, a sulfur-containing compound, and a cyclic ether and which satisfies the following condition (a) and condition (b); and a silicone-based surfactant which satisfies the following condition (c). The condition (a) is that a surface tension of an aqueous solution at a concentration of 10 percent by mass is 42 to 56 mN/m, the condition (b) is that a standard boiling point is 150° C. to 300° C., and the condition (c) is that a solubility in water at 20° C. is 1 percent by mass or less.

An ink jet ink composition which is a water-based ink, includes: a colorant; a resin; a water-soluble low molecular weight organic compound A which is one of an amide, a sulfur-containing compound, and a cyclic ether and which satisfies the following condition (a) and condition (b); and a silicone-based surfactant which satisfies the following condition (c). The condition (a) is that a surface tension of an aqueous solution at a concentration of 10 percent by mass is 42 to 56 mN/m, the condition (b) is that a standard boiling point is 150° C. to 300° C., and the condition (c) is that a solubility in water at 20° C. is 1 percent by mass or less.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a pigment composition that can efficiently reduce the number of coarse particles in a pigment composition such as an aqueous pigment dispersion. The inventors of the present invention have achieved this object by a method of producing a pigment composition for ink, including a processing step of crushing or cracking a pigment component in a raw material composition containing the pigment component and a liquid medium using a rotor-stator processing machine 100.

An example of an inkjet ink composition includes an aqueous vehicle, a colorant dispersed or dissolved in the aqueous vehicle, silica nanoparticles dispersed in the aqueous vehicle, and modified silica nanoparticles dispersed in the aqueous vehicle. Each modified silica nanoparticle includes a silica core as well as a hydrophobic silane coupling agent attached to the silica core.