The present invention provides a method of producing an ink composition for
offset printing with use of a crude
copper phthalocyanine pigment and / or an active crude
copper phthalocyanine pigment and without use of a
pigment dispersion resin that requires additional cost, to produce an ink composition which provides a highly tinted and bright image. The method includes the steps of: premixing a premix component through stirring so as to obtain a pigment mixture, the premix component containing a crude
copper phthalocyanine pigment and / or an active crude
copper phthalocyanine pigment, at least one binder resin selected from the group consisting of a
rosin-modified phenolic resin, a
rosin-modified
maleic acid resin, a
petroleum resin, and an
alkyd resin, and an oil component;
grinding and milling the pigment mixture obtained by the premixing, using a bead mill with
grinding media of beads each having a size of 0.1 mm or larger and smaller than 1.5 mm, at a temperature within the range of 0° to 180° C., thereby obtaining a
pigment dispersion; and further adding the binder resin and / or the oil component to the
pigment dispersion and stirring the resulting dispersion, wherein the method satisfies the conditions that (1) the pigment mixture contains 5 to 40% by
mass of the crude
copper phthalocyanine pigment and / or the active crude
copper phthalocyanine pigment, (2) the pigment mixture contains 5 to 500 parts by
mass of the binder resin, for each 100 parts by
mass of the crude copper phthalocyanine pigment and / or the active crude copper phthalocyanine pigment, and (3) the pigment mixture has a
viscosity of 0.001 to 20 Pa·s at the temperature of the
grinding and milling.