Ink set having broad-range dark part color reproduction ability, and recording method and recorded article

Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to provide an ink set for which color differences of a recorded image due to differences in light source can be made to be slight, and the color reproduction range in dark parts of an image can be broadened, while maintaining high image quality with no worsening of the graininess in the dark parts. With the present invention, the above object is attained by providing an ink set that comprises at least a black ink composition containing a black pigment, and a light black ink composition containing the black pigment at a concentration less than the pigment concentration in the black ink composition, wherein the ratio of the pigment concentration in the black ink composition to the pigment concentration in the light black ink composition is in a range of 2 to 4.5.

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