The invention discloses a preparation method of a
pigment used for water-based ink, which comprises the following steps: stirring 50-200 parts of water and 22 parts of
sodium hydroxide, adding 22-24 parts of
tobias acid and 0.1-2 parts of 2, 6 acid, dissolving, filtering, adding 28.4 parts of
hydrochloric acid at the temperature of -3 to 2 DEG C, stirring, adding 30.4 parts of
sodium nitrite solution, stirring at the temperature of 0-5 DEG C, adding 56 parts of
calcium chloride solution, and stirring to obtain a solution I; stirring 200-720 parts of water and 24.5 parts of
sodium hydroxide, adding 16 parts of 2-naphthol to dissolve at the temperature of 20-60 DEG C and filter, and adding 0.1-5.6 parts of
rosin solution and 0.1-4 parts of turkey
red oil solution into a filtrate at the temperature of 20-60 DEG C to obtain a solution II; adding the solution II into the solution I at the temperature of 0-5 DEG C to couple for 20 minutes, stirring for 30-60 minutes at the temperature of 10-15 DEG C, raising the temperature to 65-90 DEG C to transform completely, stirring for 10-30 minutes, filtering by pressing, washing filter cakes by water, and removing
moisture in the filter cakes to obtain the
pigment used for water-based ink. The
viscosity stability of ink prepared from the
pigment used for water-based ink disclosed by the invention is high, and after the treatment of 48 hours at the temperature of 50 DEG C, the
viscosity is still basically unchanged.