Patent ID: 7208033

Claim:
An ink comprising yellow colorants and a colorant having a phthalocyanine skeleton, wherein the yellow colorants comprise at least a colorant represented by the following general formula I and C .I. Direct Yellow 132 wherein R 1 and R 2 each independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, aryl group, or arylalkyl group, or a hydrogen atom; R 3 and R 5 each independently represent a carboxyl group or a salt thereof, a sulfonic group or a salt thereof, a phosphate group or a salt thereof, or an alkyl group in which any one of these groups is substituted; R 4 and R 6 each independently represent a group except those defined for R 3 and R 5 ; p and r each independently represent an integer of 1 to 5; q and s each independently represent an integer of 0 to 4; and p+q≦5 and r+s≦5, wherein a total content of the yellow colorants in the ink is 80 mass % or more with respect to the total content of the colorants in the ink, and wherein a total content of the colorant represented by the general formula I and C.I. Direct Yellow 132 is 85 mass % or more with respect to the total content of the yellow colorants.