An inkjet recording ink comprising: a colorant represented by the following Formula 1, wherein an absorption maximum of a dry material of the ink jet recording ink is 700 nm to 1000 nm, in Formula 1, Y 1 and Y 2 each independently represent a non-metal atomic group which forms an aliphatic ring or a heterocycle, M + represents a proton or a monovalent alkali metal cation or organic cation, L 1 represents a methine chain including 5 or 7 methine groups, and a methine group at a center of the methine chain has a substituent represented by the following Formula A, and ∗ -S A -T A Formula A in Formula A, S A represents a single bond, an alkylene group, an alkenylene group, an alkynylene group, -O-, -S-, -NR L1 -, -C(=O)-, -C(=O)O-, -C(=O)NR L1 -, -S(=O) 2 -, -OR L2 -, or a group including a combination thereof, R L1 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, or a monovalent heterocyclic group, R L2 represents an alkylene group, an arylene group, or a divalent heterocyclic group, T A represents a halogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, a monovalent heterocyclic group, a cyano group, a hydroxy group, a formyl group, a carboxy group, an amino group, a thiol group, a sulfo group, a phosphoryl group, a boryl group, a vinyl group, an ethynyl group, a trialkylsilyl group, or a trialkoxysilyl group, in a case where S A represents a single bond or an alkylene group and T A represents an alkyl group, the total number of carbon atoms included in S A and T A is 3 or more, and * represents a binding site to the methine group at the center of the methine chain, wherein an optical density of the dry material at 450 nm is 1/7 or lower of an optical density of the dry material at an absorption maximum. a colorant represented by the following Formula 1, wherein an absorption maximum of a dry material of the ink jet recording ink is 700 nm to 1000 nm, in Formula 1, Y 1 and Y 2 each independently represent a non-metal atomic group which forms an aliphatic ring or a heterocycle, M + represents a proton or a monovalent alkali metal cation or organic cation, L 1 represents a methine chain including 5 or 7 methine groups, and a methine group at a center of the methine chain has a substituent represented by the following Formula A, and ∗ -S A -T A Formula A in Formula A, S A represents a single bond, an alkylene group, an alkenylene group, an alkynylene group, -O-, -S-, -NR L1 -, -C(=O)-, -C(=O)O-, -C(=O)NR L1 -, -S(=O) 2 -, -OR L2 -, or a group including a combination thereof, R L1 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, or a monovalent heterocyclic group, R L2 represents an alkylene group, an arylene group, or a divalent heterocyclic group, T A represents a halogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, a monovalent heterocyclic group, a cyano group, a hydroxy group, a formyl group, a carboxy group, an amino group, a thiol group, a sulfo group, a phosphoryl group, a boryl group, a vinyl group, an ethynyl group, a trialkylsilyl group, or a trialkoxysilyl group, in a case where S A represents a single bond or an alkylene group and T A represents an alkyl group, the total number of carbon atoms included in S A and T A is 3 or more, and * represents a binding site to the methine group at the center of the methine chain, <EOS>