Ink composition and recording method

A recording method comprising:

• causing an aggregating liquid containing an aggregating agent that is capable of aggregating components of an ink composition or increasing viscosity of the components of the ink composition to adhere to a recording medium;
• and
• causing the ink composition that contains a color material, water, an organic solvent, and polymer particles to adhere to the recording medium with a surface temperature of equal to or less than 38° C., the polymer particles having a core-shell structure where a glass transition temperature of a polymer that forms the shell is in the range of 60° C. to 150° C., a glass transition temperature of a polymer that forms the core is greater than 0° C. and less than 60° C., and when a mass of the shell polymer is 100%, a mass of the core polymer is equal to or greater than 40% by mass and equal to or less than 80% by mass,
• wherein in the ink composition, the organic solvent includes an organic solvent with a standard boiling point of equal to or greater than 150° C. and equal to or less than 250° C., and the content of the organic solvent that is an alkyl polyol with a standard boiling point of equal to or greater than 280° C. is equal to or less than 2.0% by mass with respect to a total amount of the ink composition, and
• wherein the shell polymer contains at least an aromatic monomer unit as a constitutional unit.