There is provided an ink set with which agglomeration of ink is suppressed, images free from white streaks or roughness can be provided even when printed at a low resolution, and good images, in particular, images having a good hue can be provided. An ink set is used for an ink jet recording method, the ink set at least including an yellow ink composition, a magenta ink composition, and a cyan ink composition, wherein each ink composition at least contains a pigment, water, a water-soluble alcohol solvent, a slightly water-soluble alcohol solvent, and a surfactant; and the magenta ink composition contains, as the pigment, a solid solution between C.I. Pigment Red 202 and .gamma.-type C.I. Pigment Violet 19.