The water-based ink set for ink-jet recording includes a magenta ink and a
red ink with dynamic surface tensions thereof satisfying the following
inequalities (I.sub.M), (II.sub.M), (III.sub.M) and (IV.sub.M)
.sigma..sub.30M.ltoreq.about 49 mN/m (I.sub.M)
.sigma..sub.30M+.sigma..sub.30R.ltoreq.about 100 mN/m (II.sub.M)
wherein .sigma..sub.30M is the dynamic surface tension of the magenta ink
at a lifetime of 30 ms and .sigma..sub.30R is the dynamic surface tension
of the red ink at a lifetime of 30 ms, .sigma..sub.1000R.gtoreq.about 36
mN/m (III.sub.M) .sigma..sub.1000M+.sigma..sub.10000R.gtoreq.about 70
mN/m (IV.sub.M) wherein .sigma..sub.1000 M is the dynamic surface
tension of the magenta ink at a lifetime of 1,000 ms and
.sigma..sub.1000R is the dynamic surface tension of the red ink at a
lifetime of 1,000 ms).