A toner having a toner particle that contains a binder resin, a pigment, a pigment dispersant, and a crystalline polyester, wherein the pigment dispersant has a specific pigment adsorption segment and a polymer moiety and a hydrophobic parameter HP1 for the pigment dispersant and a hydrophobic parameter HP2 for the crystalline polyester satisfy the formula −0.28≦(HP1−HP2)≦0.15.

Disclosed is a toner including toner particles each including a core portion that contains a binder resin, and a surface layer containing an organosilicon polymer, in which each of the toner particles contains a polyvalent metal element having a resistivity of 2.5×10.sup.−8 Ω.Math.m or more and 10.0×10.sup.−8 Ω.Math.m or less at 20° C., and when the toner particles are subjected to X-ray fluorescence analysis, a net intensity originating from the polyvalent metal element is 0.10 kcps or more and 30.00 kcps or less.

A toner is provided. The toner comprises toner base particles, resin particles adhered to surfaces of the toner base particles, and an external additive adhered to the surfaces of the toner base particles. The toner base particles each comprising a binder resin, a colorant, and a wax. The toner has a storage elastic modulus G′ of 4.0×10.sup.5 or less at 70° C. An embedment degree of the external additive is from 15% to 40%, as the embedment degree is measured by stirring 10 g of the toner and 20 g of a carrier in a 50-mL vial at 67 Hz for 60 minutes using a rocking mill.

A toner comprising toner particles, each of which contains a binder resin and a colorant, wherein an onset temperature Te (° C.) of a storage elastic modulus E′ obtained in a powder dynamic viscoelastic measurement on the toner is at least 50° C. and not more than 70° C., and a value at Te (° C.) of a storage elastic modulus G′ obtained in a pellet dynamic viscoelastic measurement on the toner is at least 4.0×10.sup.7 Pa and not more than 1.0×10.sup.10 Pa.

A toner comprises toner particles, each of which contains a binder resin, a colorant, a wax and a crystalline polyester. The melting point P(t) of the crystalline polyester is at least 65.0° C. and not more than 80.0° C., and regarding a storage elastic modulus G′ obtained in dynamic viscoelasticity measurement of the toner, where G′ at 50° C. is denoted by G′(50), G′ at 80° C. is denoted by G′(80), G′ at 120° C. is denoted by G′(120), and G′ at the melting point P(t) of the crystalline polyester is denoted by G′(t), the following formulas are satisfied: 4.2×10.sup.8 Pa≦G′(50), 3.0×10.sup.2≦G′(50)/G′(80), and G′(t)/G′(120)≦7.0×10.sup.2.

A toner container used in an image forming apparatus including an exposure unit with a light emitting diode light source. The toner container including a container body, and a cyan toner stored in the container body. The cyan toner includes a binder resin, at least one pigment, a charge control agent, and an external additive. The at least one pigment includes at least Pigment Blue. A lightness L*, a hue a*, and a hue b* of the cyan toner in a powder state satisfy: 30.04≤L*≤33.68, −1.75≤a*≤0.71, and −47.47≤b*≤−45.08.

Provided is a toner having a toner particle containing a binder resin and a wax, wherein the wax concentrations near the outermost surface of the toner and in the surface layer region below the outermost surface are controlled, so that the wax moves with high efficiency to near the outermost surface during heating.

A high quality image excellent in low-temperature fixability and good in color stability can be formed by an image forming method of the present invention. In the image forming method, an image is formed by an electrophotographic method using toners of plural colors. Each of the toners of the plural colors contains a crystalline resin, methanol concentrations (%) at transmittance of 50% obtained for methanol wettability evaluation of the toners of the plural colors all fall in a range of 15 to 60%, and assuming that a maximum value and a minimum value of the methanol concentrations (%) at transmittance of 50% obtained for the methanol wettability evaluation of the toners of the plural colors are respectively WH(%) and WL(%), a relationship of 4≦WH−WL≦30 is satisfied.

The present invention relates to a toner for electrostatic charge image development, including: a toner base particle having at least a binder resin, a releasing agent, and a colorant, wherein the following formula (1) is satisfied wherein a maximum value and a minimum value of a dielectric loss tangent tan δ, which are obtained by measuring at a frequency in the range of 1 kHz to 100 kHz under the condition at a temperature of 20° C. and a relative humidity of 50% RH, are defined as tan δ.sub.max and tan δ.sub.min, respectively. According to the present invention, a toner for electrostatic charge image development, with which the rising of the toner charge amount is improved while ensuring the low temperature fixability, and a high quality image having less density unevenness can be obtained even during the image forming at a high speed and a high printing rate, is provided.

Frequency showing tan δ.sub.max<Frequency showing tan δ.sub.min  (1)

A polymer including a unit having a phthalocyanine structure, the polymer having a high capability of dispersing pigments. A pigment composition, a pigment dispersion, and a toner all having a high tinting strength.