Ink, ink cartridge and ink jet recording method

Abstract

An ink containing water, a water-soluble organic solvent and an organic pigment, wherein a primary particle of the organic pigment has a ratio (minor axis b)/(major axis a) of 0.70 or more and a particle diameter of 35 nm or less, the ink contains a water-soluble organic solvent with a dielectric constant of 25.0 or less in an amount of 0.5% by mass or more based on the total mass of the ink, and a dielectric constant ∈mix of the ink as calculated according to the following equation (1) is 66-72: ∈mix=Σn∈nrn/Σnrn  Equation (1): wherein n means a kind of water or the water-soluble organic solvent, ∈n is a dielectric constant of water or the water-soluble organic solvent represented by n, and rn is a content of water or the water-soluble organic solvent represented by n based on the total mass of the ink.

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