| abstract |
An ink jet recording material having an excellent ink absorbing property and capable of recording ink images with superior gloss, water resistance and light resistance has an outermost ink receiving layer formed on a support and containing (1) fine pigment particles selected from amorphous silica secondary particles and alumina silicate secondary particles which have an average secondary particle size of 10 to 300 nm and in each of which a plurality of primary particles having an average primary particle size of 3 to 40 nm are agglomerated with each other, (2) an ultraviolet ray absorber and, optionally, (3) an antioxidant. |