A cyan ink for ink-jet recording contains a coloring agent, water and a water soluble organic solvent. Different types of dyes are employed as the coloring agent. In particular, a dye represented by the general formula (1) is used together with at least one dye selected from the group consisting of a dye represented by the general formula (2), a dye represented by the general formula (3) and C. I. Direct Blue 86. In the formulas, Pc(Cu) is a copper phthalocyanine nucleus.