Color ink set for ink-jet recording

Claim 1

An ink set comprising yellow, magenta and cyan ink compositions, the yellow ink composition comprising a dye represented by the formula (XI) and a dye represented by the formula (XII): ##STR23## wherein R 101 and R 102 each independently represent phenyl or naphthyl substituted by a substituent selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyl group, --SO 3 M, and --COOM, R 103 and R 104 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl, or methoxy, R 105 and R 106 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, or C 2 H 4 OH, and M represents an alkali metal, ammonium, or an organic amine; and ##STR24## wherein R 201 and R 202 each independently represent phenyl or naphthyl substituted by a substituent selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyl group, --SO 3 M, and --COOM, R 201 and R 202 represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl, or methoxy, and M represents an alkali metal, ammonium, or an organic amine, and the magenta ink composition comprising at member selected from the group consisting of a dye represented by the formula (XIII), a dye represented by the formula (XIV), C.I. Reactive Red 147 and C.I. Reactive Red 180: ##STR25## wherein R 301 R 302 , and R 303 each independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted C 1-9 alkyl or C 1-9 alkoxy, a halogen atom, a hydrogen atom, hydroxyl, a substituted or unsubstituted carbamoyl, a substituted or unsubstituted sulfamoyl, a substituted or unsubstituted amino, nitro, a group --SO 2 R 307 (wherein R 307 represents an ester forming group, a substituted or unsubstituted C 1-9 alkyl, or a substituted or unsubstituted C 6-15 aryl), a group --COOM (wherein M represents a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal, ammonia, or a cationic species derived from an amine), or a group --COR 308 (wherein R 308 represents an ester forming group), m is 0, 1, or 2, R 304 and R 305 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted C 1-18 alkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted C 2-18 alkenyl, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted alicyclic group, or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, and R 306 represents a group --NR 309 R 310 (wherein R 309 and R 310 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted C 1-18 alkyl, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl) or a group --OR 311 (wherein R 311 has the same meaning as R 304 ); and ##STR26## wherein D 1 and D 2 each independently represent an azo chromophore, R 401 R 402 , R 403 , and R 404 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, R 405 and R 406 each independently represent a hydroxyl group or an amino group, R 407 and R 408 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or an alkyl, alkoxy, nitro, carboxyl, or sulfone group, and M represents an alkali metal, ammonium, or an organic amine.