An inkjet recording apparatus which is configured to record an image on a recording medium using inks of basic colors and spot colors, the basic colors including yellow, magenta, cyan, and black, the spot colors each having a different hue from yellow, magenta, and cyan and including a first spot color and a second spot color having different hues from each other, the image including a portion where at least one of yellow, magenta and cyan is mixed with at least one of the spot colors, the inkjet recording apparatus comprising: a conveyor which is configured to convey the recording medium in a conveyance direction; and a recorder including multiple ink dischargers in an arrangement range, wherein the ink dischargers are configured to each discharge, on the recording medium conveyed by the conveyor, an ink of one color which is different from each other and which is among the basic colors, the first spot color, and the second spot color, and to form a color image of a recording target by recording images of colors superimposed on the same area of the recording medium, wherein the first spot color and the second spot color are in different hue ranges (A1,A2) from each other among three hue ranges (Al,A2,A3) in a hue circle which are partitioned by hues corresponding to yellow, magenta and cyan, wherein the multiple ink dischargers are disposed at different positions from each other in the conveyance direction, characterized in that the multiple ink dischargers include a first ink discharger which is configured to discharge an ink of the first spot color and which is disposed at an outer side, in the conveyance direction, of the arrangement range of ink dischargers configured to discharge inks of yellow, magenta, and cyan among the multiple ink dischargers, and that the multiple ink dischargers include a second ink discharger which is configured to discharge an ink of the second spot color and which is disposed at a side opposite to the outer side, in the conveyance direction, across the arrangement range of the ink dischargers configured to discharge inks of yellow, magenta, and cyan among the multiple ink dischargers. a conveyor which is configured to convey the recording medium in a conveyance direction; and a recorder including multiple ink dischargers in an arrangement range, wherein the ink dischargers are configured to each discharge, on the recording medium conveyed by the conveyor, an ink of one color which is different from each other and which is among the basic colors, the first spot color, and the second spot color, and to form a color image of a recording target by recording images of colors superimposed on the same area of the recording medium, wherein the first spot color and the second spot color are in different hue ranges (A1,A2) from each other among three hue ranges (Al,A2,A3) in a hue circle which are partitioned by hues corresponding to yellow, magenta and cyan, wherein the multiple ink dischargers are disposed at different positions from each other in the conveyance direction, characterized in that the multiple ink dischargers include a first ink discharger which is configured to discharge an ink of the first spot color and which is disposed at an outer side, in the conveyance direction, of the arrangement range of ink dischargers configured to discharge inks of yellow, magenta, and cyan among the multiple ink dischargers, and that the multiple ink dischargers include a second ink discharger which is configured to discharge an ink of the second spot color and which is disposed at a side opposite to the outer side, in the conveyance direction, across the arrangement range of the ink dischargers configured to discharge inks of yellow, magenta, and cyan among the multiple ink dischargers.