An object of the present invention is to provide an ink set for inkjet recording and an inkjet recording method, which can ensure high pictorial quality of recording image and also excellent preservability of the image obtained.This object of the present invention can be attained by an ink set including plural inks for inkjet, each one of the plural inks having a maximum absorption wavelength of one of from 500 to 580 nm and from 580 to 680 nm in an aqueous medium and a different absorbance, wherein based on an absorbance of a dye (or a combination of dyes) in an ink, which has a maximum dye concentration out of the plural inks, an absorbance of a dye (or a combination of dyes) in all another ink excepting the ink having a maximum dye concentration is from 1/20 to 1/2.