An ink jet recording ink containing water and a coloring material, wherein the ink jet recording ink further contains an ethylenediamine compound represented by Formula (I): ##STR00001## wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are each selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group and an alkylene oxide group, provided that at least one of R1 and R2 and at least one of R3 and R4 are each an alkylene oxide group, and that alkylene oxide units in one molecule are 2 to 20 in total number.