A water-based white pigment ink for ink-jet recording includes a white pigment and water. The ink further includes a first resin emulsion having a tensile elongation from 600% to 1200% as a film, measured in accordance with JIS K 7127 and a second resin emulsion having a maximum tensile stress from 50 MPa to 80 MPa as a film, measured in accordance with JIS K 7127. The solid content (R1) of the first resin emulsion to be added and the solid content (R2) of the second resin emulsion to be added in the total amount of the ink satisfy R1/R2=0.4 to 2.5.

An image forming method includes discharging an ink jet ink composition which contains a diketopyrrolopyrrole pigment and a solvent having a SP value of equal to or lower than 13 by using an apparatus including a piezo ink jet head satisfying the following Expression (1).

0.13≦{(discharge amount per droplet ejection)/(volume of ink pressure chamber)}×100  (1)

A water-based ink for ink-jet recording includes: a colorant containing a pigment and a dye represented by the following formula (1); water; and a water-soluble resin.

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A water-based ink for ink-jet recording includes: a colorant containing a pigment and a dye represented by the following formula (1); water; and a water-soluble resin.

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Disclosed is a photochromic composition comprising a naphthopyran-based photochromic compound having a specific structure and an oligomer.

A process for preparing a dispersion comprising the stages: i) providing a dispersion comprising a particulate solid, a liquid medium and a dispersant having cross-linkable groups and a weight averaged molecular weight of from 1,000 to 70,000; and ii) cross-linking the dispersant in the presence of the particulate solid and the liquid medium thereby preparing a dispersion of an encapsulated particulate solid, wherein the cross-linking is performed such that 0.01 to 0.5 mmoles of cross-linkable groups in the dispersant are cross-linked per g of dispersant; said process also comprising at any stage: iii) adding a metal chelating agent to the dispersion; and after stage iii) the stage of: iv) removing at least some of the metal chelating agent from the dispersion.

A process for preparing a dispersion comprising the stages: i) providing a dispersion comprising a particulate solid, a liquid medium and a dispersant having cross-linkable groups and a weight averaged molecular weight of from 1,000 to 70,000; and ii) cross-linking the dispersant in the presence of the particulate solid and the liquid medium thereby preparing a dispersion of an encapsulated particulate solid, wherein the cross-linking is performed such that 0.01 to 0.5 mmoles of cross-linkable groups in the dispersant are cross-linked per g of dispersant; said process also comprising at any stage: iii) adding a metal chelating agent to the dispersion; and after stage iii) the stage of: iv) removing at least some of the metal chelating agent from the dispersion.

The present invention provides a photocurable ink composition for ink jet recording with excellent curability. The photocurable ink composition for ink jet recording includes polymerizable compounds, a photopolymerization initiator, and a colorant, wherein the polymerizable compounds include a vinyl ether group-containing (meth)acrylate represented by general formula (I):
CH.sub.2═CR.sup.1—COOR.sup.2—O—CH═CH—R.sup.3  (I)
(wherein R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R.sup.2 is a divalent organic residue having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, and R.sup.3 is a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic residue having 1 to 11 carbon atoms) and phenoxyethyl (meth)acrylate.

The present invention provides a photocurable ink composition for ink jet recording with excellent curability. The photocurable ink composition for ink jet recording includes polymerizable compounds, a photopolymerization initiator, and a colorant, wherein the polymerizable compounds include a vinyl ether group-containing (meth)acrylate represented by general formula (I):
CH.sub.2═CR.sup.1—COOR.sup.2—O—CH═CH—R.sup.3  (I)
(wherein R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R.sup.2 is a divalent organic residue having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, and R.sup.3 is a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic residue having 1 to 11 carbon atoms) and phenoxyethyl (meth)acrylate.

A photopolymerizable composition, which includes a photoradical polymerization initiator and photopolymerizable monomers containing glycerol dimethacrylate, where an amount of the glycerol dimethacrylate in the photopolymerizable monomers is 25% by mass or greater, and pencil hardness of a cured product is F or harder, where the cured product is formed by curing a coating film through irradiation with light of a wavelength region corresponding to a UVA region, with a light to dose of 800 mJ/cm.sup.2, where the coating film is formed by coating the photopolymerizable composition on a base so as to have an average thickness of 30 μm.