A water-based ink includes a pigment, and water, in which a viscosity at 20° C. is in a range of 2 mPa.Math.s to 7 mPa.Math.s, and a yield value at 20° C. is less than 0.2 mPa, and the yield value at 20° C. when evaporating 25% of the water is less than 0.8 mPa.

A water-based ink includes a pigment, and water, in which a viscosity at 20° C. is in a range of 2 mPa.Math.s to 7 mPa.Math.s, and a yield value at 20° C. is less than 0.2 mPa, and the yield value at 20° C. when evaporating 25% of the water is less than 0.8 mPa.

An ink jet recording method according to the present embodiment includes ejecting a water-based ink composition where a content of an organic solvent having a standard boiling point of 280° C. or more is 0.5% by mass or less from a head nozzle and attaching the water-based ink composition to a recording medium, in which a contact angle between at least a part of the surface of the member in contact with the water-based ink composition in the members in the head and the water-based ink composition is 30° or less, and the surface of the member in contact with the water-based ink composition is formed of a material having an SP value of 9 or less.

An ink jet recording method according to the present embodiment includes ejecting a water-based ink composition where a content of an organic solvent having a standard boiling point of 280° C. or more is 0.5% by mass or less from a head nozzle and attaching the water-based ink composition to a recording medium, in which a contact angle between at least a part of the surface of the member in contact with the water-based ink composition in the members in the head and the water-based ink composition is 30° or less, and the surface of the member in contact with the water-based ink composition is formed of a material having an SP value of 9 or less.

An ink composition contains a first dye represented by formula (I)

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and a second dye represented by formula (II).

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An ink composition contains a first dye represented by formula (I)

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and a second dye represented by formula (II).

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An image recording method according to this invention is an image recording method using an ink jet ink composition containing a pigment, in which the maximum particle size of the pigment is 2.5 μm or less and recording is performed with continuous scanning time of 10 minutes or more.

An image recording method according to this invention is an image recording method using an ink jet ink composition containing a pigment, in which the maximum particle size of the pigment is 2.5 μm or less and recording is performed with continuous scanning time of 10 minutes or more.

Provided is an ink jet recording ink containing a near-infrared absorbing colorant represented by Formula 1, a polymerizable monomer, a polymerization initiator, and a dispersant, in which a content of the polymerizable monomer is 50% by mass or more with respect to a total amount of the ink jet recording ink, and a difference between an SP value of the polymerizable monomer and an SP value of the dispersant is 3.8 MPa.sup.1/2 to 16.0 MPa.sup.1/2. Also provided is an ink jet recording method.

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The description of a ring A, a ring B, X.sup.A, X.sup.B, G.sup.A, G.sup.B, kA, and kB in Formula 1 will not be repeated.

A method for producing a printed textile item, the method including applying a treatment liquid containing an aggregating agent to a fabric using an inkjet method, applying a white ink having a charge density of at least 30 μeq/g, using a step of using an inkjet method and a wet-on-wet method, to the fabric to which the treatment liquid has been applied, applying a color ink for which the Young's modulus of the dried coating film is not more than 3.0 MPa, using an inkjet method and a wet-on-wet method, to the fabric to which the white ink has been applied.