An aqueous ink for ink jet recording includes a coloring material, a water-dispersible polysiloxane-based defoaming agent, a water-soluble silicone-based surfactant, a glycol-based solvent, and resin particles including a non-ionic reactive surfactant in a constituent unit.

An aqueous ink for ink jet recording includes a coloring material, a water-dispersible polysiloxane-based defoaming agent, a water-soluble silicone-based surfactant, a glycol-based solvent, and resin particles including a non-ionic reactive surfactant in a constituent unit.

An ink contains a coloring material, a urethane resin, diethylene glycol diethyl ether, and a siloxane compound, wherein diethylene glycol diethyl ether has a proportion of 6.0 percent or greater by mass of the total amount of the ink.

An ink contains a coloring material, a urethane resin, diethylene glycol diethyl ether, and a siloxane compound, wherein diethylene glycol diethyl ether has a proportion of 6.0 percent or greater by mass of the total amount of the ink.

An ink set includes an ink A including water, a first organic solvent, and a first pigment and an ink B including water, a second organic solvent, a second pigment, and a urethane resin particle. The first organic solvent includes at least one of N,N-dimethyl--buthoxy propionamide, N,N-dimethyl--methoxy propionamide, and 3-ethyl-3-hydroxymethyl oxetane and has a mixing solubility parameter A of 10.00 to less than 13.00 and the second organic solvent has a mixing solubility parameter B of 13.00 to 16.00.

An ink set includes an ink A including water, a first organic solvent, and a first pigment and an ink B including water, a second organic solvent, a second pigment, and a urethane resin particle. The first organic solvent includes at least one of N,N-dimethyl--buthoxy propionamide, N,N-dimethyl--methoxy propionamide, and 3-ethyl-3-hydroxymethyl oxetane and has a mixing solubility parameter A of 10.00 to less than 13.00 and the second organic solvent has a mixing solubility parameter B of 13.00 to 16.00.

A coating composition for application to a substrate utilizing a high transfer efficiency applicator. The coating composition includes a carrier and a binder. The coating composition has an Ohnesorge number (Oh) of from about 0.01 to about 12.6, the coating composition has a Reynolds number (Re) of from about 0.02 to about 6,200, and the coating composition has a Deborah number (De) of from greater than 0 to about 1730.

A coating composition for application to a substrate utilizing a high transfer efficiency applicator. The coating composition includes a carrier and a binder. The coating composition has an Ohnesorge number (Oh) of from about 0.01 to about 12.6, the coating composition has a Reynolds number (Re) of from about 0.02 to about 6,200, and the coating composition has a Deborah number (De) of from greater than 0 to about 1730.

An ultraviolet curable ink composition, a method for forming a bezel pattern using the same, a bezel pattern produced by the method, and a display substrate comprising the bezel pattern are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an ultraviolet curable ink composition comprises a colorant, an epoxy monomer, an oxetane monomer, a cationic photo-polymerization initiator, and a polymerization inhibitor, wherein the weight ratio of the epoxy monomer to the oxetane monomer is 1:0.5 to 1:6.

An ultraviolet curable ink composition, a method for forming a bezel pattern using the same, a bezel pattern produced by the method, and a display substrate comprising the bezel pattern are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an ultraviolet curable ink composition comprises a colorant, an epoxy monomer, an oxetane monomer, a cationic photo-polymerization initiator, and a polymerization inhibitor, wherein the weight ratio of the epoxy monomer to the oxetane monomer is 1:0.5 to 1:6.