Aqueous gravure ink

An aqueous gravure ink comprising a pigment, a polymer, a water-soluble organic solvent, a surfactant and water,

• in which the polymer comprises polymer (a);
• the pigment is in the form of pigment particles A dispersed with the polymer (a);
• the water-soluble organic solvent comprises a glycol ether having a boiling point of not lower than 100° C. and not higher than 260° C., and a content of the glycol ether in the ink is not less than 1% by mass and not more than 10% by mass;
• the water-soluble organic solvent further comprises an other water-soluble organic solvent than the glycol ether and the other water-soluble organic solvent is a glycol having a boiling point of not lower than 100° C. and not higher than 260° C.;
• a total content of the water-soluble organic solvent in the ink is not more than 15% by mass;
• a mass ratio of the glycol ether to a whole amount of the water-soluble organic solvent used (glycol ether/whole amount of water-soluble organic solvent) in the ink is from 5/10 to 9/10;
• the surfactant comprises an acetylene glycol-based surfactant;
• Hydrophilic-Lipophilic Balance value of the acetylene glycol-based surfactant is not less than 0 and not more than 4.5;
• and
• a content of water in the ink is not less than 50% by mass and not more than 70% by mass.