Ink jet recording method and ink jet recording apparatus

An ink jet recording method using an ink jet recording apparatus that includes (i) a first ink and a second ink that are each aqueous inks, and (ii) a recording head including a plurality of recording element substrates in which a first ejection orifice array for ejecting the first ink and a second ejection orifice array for ejecting the second ink are sequentially arranged from the bottom up in the direction opposite to the direction of gravity to be adjacent to each other and arranged to at least partially overlap each other in a conveying direction of a recording medium, wherein the plurality of recording element substrates are arranged to be adjacent to each other in an arrangement direction of the first ejection orifice array and the second ejection orifice array, the ink jet recording method comprising:

• a recording step of ejecting an aqueous ink from the recording head disposed so that an angle formed between an ejection orifice surface of the recording head and the direction of gravity is 0° or more to less than 90° to record an image on the recording medium, wherein the ejection orifice surface is parallel to the direction of gravity when the angle is 0°,
• wherein a brightness of the first ink, which is ejected from the first ejection orifice array, is lower than a brightness of the second ink, which is ejected from the second ejection orifice array that is disposed upward from the first ejection orifice array with respect to the direction opposite to the direction of gravity.