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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ink, an ink set, a recording method, an ink tank, and a recording apparatus which are excellent in jetting property and image position accuracy. An ink containing at least a coloring material, an ionic liquid, and an organic solvent, and the ink is particularly preferably used in an ink jet system. The ink set is an ink set including at least this ink or a treatment liquid containing this ink and at least a flocculant. This recording method and apparatus using an ink set is a recording method and apparatus for forming an image by applying ink and a treatment liquid onto a recording medium so as to contact each other. [Selection figure] None |