A toner suitable for use in an image forming method including a contact charging
step is provided. The toner includes: toner particles comprising at least a binder
resin and a colorant, and fine particles. The fine particles comprise: (i) a tungsten-containing
tin oxide, or (ii) base particles, and a tungsten-containing tin compound coating
the base particles, the fine particles contain tin (Sn) in a weight ratio (Sn/b)
of 0.01 to 2.0 with respect to the base particles (B). In the fine particles, tungsten
(W) is contained in a mol ratio (W/Sn) of 0.001 to 0.3 with respect to the tin (Sn).
