An ink set comprising a yellow ink containing at least one yellow dye, a magenta ink containing at least one magenta dye, a cyan ink containing at least one cyan dye and a black ink containing at least two kinds of dyes as a minimum constituent element, in which an oxidation potential for each of the yellow dye, the magenta dye and the cyan dye is more electropositive than 0.8 V (vs SCE) and/or each of the inks is an azo dye containing at least one heterocyclic ring in a molecule or a phthalocyanine dye containing at least one heterocyclic ring in a molecule, and the black ink contains a water soluble long wavelength dye L and a water soluble short wavelength dye S having three or more azo groups in one molecule and having a naphthalene skeleton, and a ink jet recording method utilizing the ink set.