| abstract |
Provided is a water-based ink which has high dispersibility of a pigment and imparts high smoothness and glossiness to a coating film obtainable from the water-based ink. Water-based ink of the present invention is a water-based ink containing a pigment, a vehicle, and water, in which the vehicle contains an alkali-soluble resin (I) and a composite resin (II), and the composite resin (II) is a composite resin of a urethane polymer (e) and an acrylic polymer (f). |