Patent ID: 7611570

Claim:
An ink jet recording ink comprising at least water, a colorant, a compound represented by the following general formula (I) accounting for 8 to 40% by mass of a total mass of the ink, and plural types of nonionic surfactants accounting for 0.3 to 5% by mass of a total mass of the ink, wherein a mass ratio (A:B) between a mass (A) of the compound represented by general formula (I) and a mass (B) of the plural types of nonionic surfactants is in a range of from 5:1 to 90:1, wherein R 1 , R 2 and R 3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and R 4 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms.