The present disclosure relates to ink-jet ink compositions, systems, and/or methods including a yellow ink, a magenta ink and a cyan ink for producing ink-jet printed matter having desirable color balance (e.g., difference in percent residual optical densities (ODs) between individual colors) and/or color retention (e.g., percent residual OD) following contact with water. For example, the absolute value of the difference in a percent residual OD of an image produced in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure may be less than about 20%. The percent residual OD of an image produced in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure may be more than about 40%.