Ink, ink cartridge and ink jet recording method

摘要

An ink containing a first coloring material and a second coloring material, the sum total of these contents being 6.0% by mass or less. The first coloring material is a black coloring material exhibiting a difference ”» max1 of 20.0 or more between a maximum absorption wavelength in a 20.0% by mass aqueous solution of 1,2-hexanediol and a maximum absorption wavelength in water, the second coloring material is a specific coloring material exhibiting a difference ”» max2 of 12.0 or less between a maximum absorption wavelength in a 20.0% by mass aqueous solution of 1,2-hexanediol and a maximum absorption wavelength in water, and the sum of the ”» max1 and the ”» max2 is 35.0 or less.