The present invention relates to a cyan dye mixture, an ink composition containing
the mixture and a method of ink-jet recording with the ink composition. The print
obtained by the method is characterized by discoloring or fading little even when
allowed to stand in a well ventilated shade or in an ozone gas. The cyan dye mixture
comprises compounds which are obtained by chlorosulfonating, as a starting material,
copper phthalocyanine or a sulfonated copper phthalocyanine and then aminating
the chlorosulfonation product with an aminating agent used in an amount of at least
2.5 mol per mol of the starting material, and which are represented by the following
formula (1):
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wherein M represents a proton, alkali metal ion, alkaline earth metal ion,
onium ion of an organic amine, or ammonium ion; m is an integer of 1 to 4; and
n is an integer of 0 to 3; provided that m+n is an integer of 1 to 4.