Patent ID: 8664296

Claim:
An ink set for ink jet recording comprising: an ink composition containing a self-dispersing polymer particle having 84 mass % or more of a constituent unit derived from a methacrylic acid derivative and a coloring material; and a treating liquid which forms an aggregate when contacted with the ink composition, wherein a pH of the treating liquid at 25° C. is from 0.5 to 1.6; the self-dispersing polymer particle comprises a water-insoluble polymer containing a hydrophilic constituent unit derived from a hydrophilic group-containing monomer and a constituent unit derived from an aromatic group-containing monomer; the self-dispersing polymer particle comprises a constituent unit derived from an aromatic group-containing (meth)acrylate monomer; a content of the constituent unit derived from the aromatic group-containing (meth)acrylate monomer in the self-dispersing polymer particle is from 10 mass % to 95 mass %; a content of the self-dispersing polymer particles is from 1 mass % to 30 mass % with respect to the ink composition; and a content of the coloring material is from 1 mass % to 25 mass % with respect to the ink composition.