Patent ID: 7288348

Claim:
A color toner comprising toner particles which comprise toner base particles containing at least a binder resin, a colorant and a wax, and inorganic fine particles, wherein; (i) in said toner base particles, particles having a circle-equivalent diameter of 3.00 μm or more as measured with a flow type particle image analyzer have an average circularity of from 0.920 or more to less than 0.950; (ii) in the particles having a circle-equivalent diameter of 3.00 μm or more in said toner base particles, particles having a circularity of 0.960 or more are in a number frequency cumulative value of 40% or less; and (iii) in the particles having a circle-equivalent diameter of 3.00 μm or more in said toner base particles, particles having a circularity of 0.920 or less are in a number frequency cumulative value of 30% or less.