| abstract |
Provided is an ink that has good redispersibility and is excellent in metallic gloss, image clarity, and chroma of the obtained printed matter. An ink containing silver particles, a layered silicate mineral, and water. A mode in which the volume average particle diameter of the silver particles is 15 nm or more and 100 nm or less, a mode in which the layered silicate mineral is synthetic smectite, and a content of the layered silicate mineral is 0.1% by mass or more and 2.0%. The aspect etc. which are the mass% or less are preferable. [Selection figure] None |