| abstract |
An object of the present invention is to provide excellent storage stability and ejection accuracy, as well as ensuring that the printer head can be left and recovered, and to form a glossy image, even after being stored for a long time or exposed to high temperatures. To provide an ink composition and ink jet recording ink that can suppress the occurrence of density unevenness and streak unevenness and suppress a decrease in glossiness. An ink composition containing at least a compound represented by the following general formula (Y) as a first color material and a phosphonate compound. General formula (Y) (In the general formula (Y), each M independently represents a hydrogen atom or a cation. When M represents a cation, each represents a Li + ion, a Na + ion, a K + ion, or an NH 4 + ion.) [Selection figure] None |