Ink set, recording method, recorded material and printed material

1. An ink set comprising:

a yellow ink composition; and

at least one of a magenta ink composition and a cyan ink composition,

wherein a coloring agent of the yellow ink composition is one which comprises an azo pigment represented by the following general formula (1), or its tautomers, or their salts or hydrates,

the magenta ink composition contains as a coloring agent at least one pigment selected from the group consisting of C.I. Pigment Violet 19, C.I. Pigment Red 122, C.I. Pigment Red 202 and C.I. Pigment Red 209, and

the cyan ink composition contains as a coloring agent at least one pigment selected from the group consisting of C.I. Pigment blue 15:1, C.I. Pigment Blue 15:2, C.I. Pigment Blue 15:3, C.I. Pigment Blue 15:4 and C.I. Pigment Blue 15:6:

wherein Z represents a 5- to 8-membered nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring, Y 1 , Y 2 , R 11 and R 12 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, G 1 and G 2 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aralkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group, and W 1 and W 2 each independently represents an alkoxy group, an amino group, an alkyl group or an aryl group.

2. The ink set according to claim 1 ,

wherein the ink set further comprise a black ink composition, and

the black ink composition contains a carbon black as a coloring agent.

3. The ink set according to claim 1 ,

wherein W 1 and W 2 in the general formula (1) each independently represents an alkoxy group containing at most 3 carbon atoms total, an amino group or an alkylamino group containing at most 6 carbon atoms total.

4. The ink set according to claim 1 ,

wherein G 1 and G 2 in the general formula (1) each independently represents an alkyl group containing at most 3 carbon atoms total.

5. The ink set according to claim 1 ,

wherein Z in the general formula (1) represents a 6-membered nitrogen containing heterocyclic ring.

6. The ink set according to claim 1 ,

wherein the azo pigment represented by the general formula (1) is an azo pigment represented by the following general formula (2):

wherein Z′ represents a 6-membered nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring, R 11 and R 12 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, W 1 ′ and W 2 ′ each independently represents an alkoxy group containing at most 3 carbon atoms total, an amino group or an alkylamino group containing at most 6 carbon atoms total.

7. The ink set according to claim 6 ,

wherein the azo pigment represented by the general formula (2) is an azo pigment represented by the following formula (3):

8. The ink set according to claim 7 ,

wherein the azo pigment represented by the formula (3) is an azo pigment having distinctive X-ray diffraction peaks at Bragg angles (2θ±0.2°) of 7.2° and 25.9° in CuKα characteristic X-ray diffraction or a tautomer thereof.

9. The ink set according to claim 6 ,

wherein the azo pigment represented by the general formula (2) is an azo pigment represented by the following formula (4):

10. The ink set according to claim 9 ,

wherein the azo pigment represented by the formula (4) is an azo pigment having distinctive X-ray diffraction peaks at Bragg angles (2θ±0.2°) of 7.6°, 25.6° and 27.7° in CuKα characteristic X-ray diffraction or a tautomer thereof.

11. The ink set according to claim 1 ,

wherein an amount of the coloring agent incorporated into the yellow ink composition is from 3% by mass to 6% by mass.

12. The ink set according to claim 1 , wherein each ink composition further contains at least one of a dispersant and a penetrant.

13. The ink set according to claim 12 ,

wherein the dispersant is a vinyl polymer.

14. The ink set according to claim 12 ,

wherein the penetrant is at least one of lower alkyl ethers of polyhydric alcohol or acetylene glycols.

15. The ink set according to claim 1 ,

wherein the magenta ink composition contains at least a solid solution of γ-type C.I. Pigment Violet 19 and C.I. Pigment Red 202.

16. The ink set according to claim 1 ,

wherein the coloring agent of the cyan ink composition is one or more pigment selected from the group consisting of C.I. Pigment Blue 15:3, C.I. Pigment Blue 15:4 and C.I. Pigment Blue 15:6.

17. A recording method wherein the ink compositions of the ink set according to claim 1 are made to adhere to a recording material and thereby printing is performed.

18. The recording method according to claim 17 , which is an inkjet recording method wherein liquid droplets of the ink compositions each are made to discharge and adhere to a recording material and thereby printing is performed.

19. A recorded material which is made by performing the printing in accordance with the recording method according to claim 17 .