A water-based ink set for ink-jet recording has a plurality of color inks. Each of at least one of the plurality of color inks contains a first ink and a second ink. The first ink has a first hue angle and the second ink has a second hue angle, wherein the first hue angle is not equal to the second hue angle and a differential range therebetween is a hue angle color range of a normal color of the at least one of the plurality of color inks; and a coloring agent of one of the first ink and the second ink is a pigment and a coloring agent of the other thereof is a dye.