Abstract: An image forming method includes: applying a pretreatment liquid, which is an aqueous solution, to a cloth material, which is an absorbent base material; after applying the pretreatment liquid, applying an aqueous ink onto the cloth material to form an image on the cloth material by an ink jet method. Applying the pretreatment liquid includes applying the pretreatment liquid such that the cloth material includes, when applying the aqueous ink, the pretreatment liquid in an amount of 20 mg/cm2 to 150 mg/cm2 per unit area of the cloth material. The aqueous ink includes a white ink containing titanium oxide particles having an average particle diameter of 20 nm to 200 nm.

Abstract: A water-based ink for ink-jet recording includes: a first resin-dispersed pigment, a second resin-dispersed pigment, and water, wherein the following conditions (1) and (2) are satisfied, Q1?1.2??Condition (1): Q2<1.2??Condition (2): in the conditions (1) and (2), Q1 and Q2 are represented by the following formulae (i) and (ii), respectively. Q1=D1a/D1p??(i) Q2=D2a/D2p??(ii) D1a: an average particle size (nm) of the first resin-dispersed pigment after being mixed with an aqueous solution of calcium ions; D1p: an average particle size (nm) of the first resin-dispersed pigment after being mixed with pure water; D2a: an average particle size (nm) of the second resin-dispersed pigment after being mixed with an aqueous solution of calcium ions; D2p: an average particle size (nm) of the second resin-dispersed pigment after being mixed with pure water.

Abstract: A water-based ink for ink-jet recording includes: a solid solution of a quinacridone pigment including C.I. Pigment Red 202 and C.I. Pigment Violet 19; an azo pigment including C.I. Pigment Red 146; and water. A mass ratio (Q:A) of a content amount (Q) of the solid solution of the quinacridone pigment to a content amount (A) of the azo pigment in an entire amount of the water-based ink is in a range of 9:1 to 2:8.

Abstract: A water-based ink for ink-jet recording includes: a solid solution of a quinacridone pigment including C.I. Pigment Red 122 and C.I. Pigment Violet 19; an azo pigment including C.I. Pigment Red 146; and water. Mass ratio (Q:A) of a content amount (Q) of the solid solution of the quinacridone pigment to a content amount (A) of the azo pigment in an entire amount of the water-based ink is in a range of 9:1 to 1:9.

Abstract: There is provided a water-based ink for ink-jet recording including: a self-dispersible black pigment; a resin-dispersed chromatic pigment including a resin-dispersed magenta pigment and a resin-dispersed cyan pigment; and water. A ratio (Col/Bk) of a solid content mass (Col) of the resin-dispersed chromatic pigment to a solid content mass (Bk) of the self-dispersible black pigment is in a range of 0.24 to 0.73 and a mean particle diameter of the self-dispersible black pigment is greater than a mean particle diameter of the resin-dispersed chromatic pigment.

Abstract: A water-based ink for ink-jet recording includes: a first resin-dispersed pigment, a second resin-dispersed pigment, and water, wherein the following conditions (1) and (2) are satisfied, Q1?1.2 ??Condition (1): Q2<1.2 ??Condition (2): in the conditions (1) and (2), Q1 and Q2 are represented by the following formulae (i) and (ii), respectively. Q1=D1a/D1p ??(i) Q2=D2a/D2p ??(ii) D1a: an average particle size (nm) of the first resin-dispersed pigment after being mixed with an aqueous solution of calcium ions; D1p: an average particle size (nm) of the first resin-dispersed pigment after being mixed with pure water; D2a: an average particle size (nm) of the second resin-dispersed pigment after being mixed with an aqueous solution of calcium ions; D2p: an average particle size (nm) of the second resin-dispersed pigment after being mixed with pure water.

Abstract: There is provided a water-based ink for ink-jet recording including: a self-dispersible black pigment; a resin-dispersed chromatic pigment including a resin-dispersed magenta pigment and a resin-dispersed cyan pigment; and water. A ratio (Col/Bk) of a solid content mass (Col) of the resin-dispersed chromatic pigment to a solid content mass (Bk) of the self-dispersible black pigment is in a range of 0.24 to 0.73 and a mean particle diameter of the self-dispersible black pigment is greater than a mean particle diameter of the resin-dispersed chromatic pigment.