Recording liquid

Claim 1

A recording liquid for ink jet recording or for writing comprising at least one of naphthalenedisazoic dyes represented by general formula (I) or (II) and a liquid medium for dissolving and dispersing the dye; ##STR68## wherein Q represents a phenylene or naphthalene group substituted by a group shown by --SO 3 M 1 ; R represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxy group, a lower acylamino group, a nitro group or a halogen atom; R 1 represents a phenyl group substituted by a group shown by --SO 2 M 1 or a group shown by --COOM 1 , a lower alkyl group substituted by a group shown by --COOM 1 , or a lower alkylaminocarbonyl lower alkyl group; R 2 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group substituted by a group shown by --COOM 1 , or a lower alkylaminocarbonyl lower alkyl group; M 1 represents an alkali metal atom, an ammonium cation, or H.A. (wherein A represents an amine); and n represents 0 or 1; ##STR69## wherein X represents an alkylcarbonylamino group having 2 to 5 carbon atoms, an arylcarbonylamino group, an alkylsulfonylamino group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an arylsulfonylamino group, an unsubstituted carbonamido group or a carbonamido group substituted by an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an unsubstituted sulfonamido group, a sulfonamido group substituted by an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a group shown by --SO 3 M 2 ; R 3 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or a group shown by --CH 2 SO 3 M 2 ; R 4 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms; said R 3 and R 4 do not represent, however, a hydrogen atom at the same time when X is a group shown by --SO 3 M 2 ; M 2 represents an alkali metal atom an ammonium cation, or H.A. (wherein A represents an amine); and n represents 0 or 1.