Patent ID: 7485178

Claim:
An ink composition for inkjet recording, comprising: a coloring agent; water; and a compound represented by Formula 1, wherein an amount of the compound represented by Formula 1 is in a range from 0.0001 to 0.005 parts by weight based on 1 part by weight of the coloring agent: where R 1 and R 2 are each independently, hydrogen, a C 1 -C 20 substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, a C 2 -C 20 substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl, a C 2 -C 20 substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl, a C 6 -C 20 substituted or unsubstituted aryl, a C 7 -C 20 substituted or unsubstituted arylalkyl, a C 2 -C 20 substituted or unsubstituted cyclic alkyl, or a hetero atom-containing cyclic alkyl; and M is hydrogen or Na, K, Li, or an ammonium ion.