An ink jet textile printing ink composition contains a sulfonic acid group-containing dye having a ligand coordinated to a metal atom, the ligand being represented by Formula (1) below: ##STR00001## wherein at least one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.3 represents SO.sub.3.sup.− or SO.sub.3Y, where Y represents a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal atom, or an alkaline earth metal atom; when not representing SO.sub.3.sup.− or SO.sub.3Y, R.sub.1 and R.sub.3 represent a halogen atom or a hydrogen atom; R.sub.2 and R.sub.4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a sulfo group, a nitro group, an aryl group, a sulfonamide group, a carboxy group, an alkyl group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, SO.sub.2NHR.sub.5, or COOR.sub.5, where R.sub.5 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; and X represents a metal atom.

An ink jet recording method performed on a fabric to which a hydrotropic agent is attached includes attaching an ink jet composition for textile printing including a metal complex salt dye, in which a hue angle ∠h° defined in CIELAB color space on printed textiles after printing is in a range of 260° or more and 310° or less, to the fabric using an ink jet method, in which there is a region in which a value of a ratio of a mass of the metal complex salt dye with respect to a total mass of dyes included in the ink jet composition for textile printing is 0.6 or more and 1.0 or less, and a value of a ratio of mass of the metal complex salt dye with respect to a mass of the hydrotropic agent in the fabric is 0.2 or more and 1.0 or less.

An ink jet recording method performed on a fabric to which a hydrotropic agent is attached includes attaching an ink jet composition for textile printing including a metal complex salt dye, in which a hue angle ∠h° defined in CIELAB color space on printed textiles after printing is in a range of 260° or more and 310° or less, to the fabric using an ink jet method, in which there is a region in which a value of a ratio of a mass of the metal complex salt dye with respect to a total mass of dyes included in the ink jet composition for textile printing is 0.6 or more and 1.0 or less, and a value of a ratio of mass of the metal complex salt dye with respect to a mass of the hydrotropic agent in the fabric is 0.2 or more and 1.0 or less.

The present invention is directed to dye mixtures comprising structures of formula and their production and their use for dyeing textiles and in particular for dyeing aramid fibres. ##STR00001##

The present invention is directed to dye mixtures comprising structures of formula and their production and their use for dyeing textiles and in particular for dyeing aramid fibres. ##STR00001##

An ink jet ink composition for textile printing including a dye and 5% to 30% by mass of a cyclic amide that is liquid at normal temperature and that has a normal boiling point in the range of 190 C. to 260 C., wherein the hue angle h defined by the CIELAB color space on a recording medium ranges from 15 to 80 degrees.

An ink jet ink composition for textile printing including a dye and 5% to 30% by mass of a cyclic amide that is liquid at normal temperature and that has a normal boiling point in the range of 190 C. to 260 C., wherein the hue angle h defined by the CIELAB color space on a recording medium ranges from 15 to 80 degrees.

An ink jet textile printing ink composition contains a sulfonic acid group-containing dye having a ligand coordinated to a metal atom, the ligand being represented by Formula (1) below:

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wherein at least one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.3 represents SO.sub.3.sup. or SO.sub.3Y, where Y represents a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal atom, or an alkaline earth metal atom; when not representing SO.sub.3.sup. or SO.sub.3Y, R.sub.1 and R.sub.3 represent a halogen atom or a hydrogen atom; R.sub.2 and R.sub.4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a sulfo group, a nitro group, an aryl group, a sulfonamide group, a carboxy group, an alkyl group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, SO.sub.2NHR.sub.5, or COOR.sub.5, where R.sub.5 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; and X represents a metal atom.

The present invention is directed to dye mixtures comprising structures of formula and their production and their use for dyeing textiles and in particular for dyeing aramid fibres.

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The present invention is directed to dye mixtures comprising structures of formula and their production and their use for dyeing textiles and in particular for dyeing aramid fibres.

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