Ink, ink cartridge and ink jet recording method

An ink comprising a coloring material and a water-soluble organic solvent, wherein;

• the coloring material comprises a compound represented by the following general formula (1), and
• the water-soluble organic solvent comprises 1,5-pentanediol, and
• the content (% by mass) of the 1,5-pentanediol based on the total mass of the ink is 1.0 times or more and 10.0 times or less in terms of mass ratio with respect to the content (% by mass) of the coloring material:
• wherein rings A, B, C and D, each indicated by a broken line, are, independently of one another, a benzene ring or a nitrogen-containing heteroaromatic ring, the number of the nitrogen-containing heteroaromatic ring is more than 0.0 and 3.0 or less, the remainder is the benzene ring, R1 is an alkyl group, R2 is an alkylene group, X is an anilino group having one or more sulfonic groups, with the proviso that X may have one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of a carboxy group, a phosphoric group, a hydroxy group, an alkoxy group, an alkylcarbonylamino group, a ureido group, a nitro group and a halogen atom, m is more than 0.0 and less than 3.9, n is 0.1 or more and less than 4.0, and the sum of m and n is 1.0 or more and less than 4.0.