Patent ID: 7381509

Claim:
A toner kit comprising: a pale cyan toner comprising at least a binder resin and a colorant; and a deep cyan toner comprising at least a binder resin and a colorant, the pale cyan toner and the deep cyan toner being separated from each other, wherein: when a toner image fixed on plain paper is expressed by an L*a*b* color coordinate system where a* represents a hue in the red-green direction, b* represents a hue in the yellow-blue direction, and L* represents a lightness, in a fixed image of the pale cyan toner, the pale cyan toner has a value of a* (a* C1 ) in a range of −30 to −19 when b* is −20 and a value of a* (a* C2 ) in a range of −45 to −29 when b* is −30; in a fixed image of the deep cyan toner, the deep cyan toner has a value of a* (a* C3 ) in a range of −29 to −19 when b* is −20 and a value of a* (a* C4 ) in a range of −43 to −29 when b* is −30; and the relationships of a* C1 ≦a* C3 and a* C2 ≦a* C4 are satisfied.