A white LED comprising at least one light emitting element selected from ultraviolet light emitting diodes, purple light emitting diodes, ultraviolet light emitting lasers, and purple light emitting lasers, and a phosphor layer, the phosphor layer comprising a green phosphor satisfying general formula 1, a blue phosphor satisfying general formula 2 or 3, and a red phosphor satisfying general formula 4: green phosphor: a trivalent cerium- and terbium-activated rare earth boride phosphor substantially represented by general formula 1: M 1-x-y Ce x Tb y BO 3 wherein M represents at least one element selected from Sc (scandium), Y (yttrium), La (lanthanum), Gd (gadolinium), and Lu (lutetium); and x and y are respective numbers of 0.03 < x < 0.3 and 0.03 < y < 0.3; blue phosphor: a divalent europium-activated halophosphate phosphor substantially represented by general formula 2: (M2, Eu) 10 (PO 4) 6 ·Cl 2 wherein M2 represents at least one element selected from Mg (magnesium), Ca (calcium), Sr (strontium), and Ba (barium) or a divalent europium-activated aluminate phosphor substantially represented by general formula 3: a(M3, Eu)O·bAl 2 O 3 wherein M3 represents at least one element selected from Mg (magnesium), Ca (calcium), Sr (strontium), Ba (barium), Zn (zinc), Li (lithium), Rb (rubidium), and Cs (cesium); and a and b are respective numbers of 0 < a, 0 < b, and 0.2 ≤ a/b ≤ 1.5; and red phosphor: a europium-activated lanthanum oxysulfide phosphor represented by general formula 4: (La 1-x, Eu x) 2 O 2 S wherein x is a number satisfying 0.01 < x < 0.15. the phosphor layer comprising a green phosphor satisfying general formula 1, a blue phosphor satisfying general formula 2 or 3, and a red phosphor satisfying general formula 4: green phosphor: a trivalent cerium- and terbium-activated rare earth boride phosphor substantially represented by general formula 1: M 1-x-y Ce x Tb y BO 3 wherein M represents at least one element selected from Sc (scandium), Y (yttrium), La (lanthanum), Gd (gadolinium), and Lu (lutetium); and x and y are respective numbers of 0.03 < x < 0.3 and 0.03 < y < 0.3; blue phosphor: a divalent europium-activated halophosphate phosphor substantially represented by general formula 2: (M2, Eu) 10 (PO 4) 6 ·Cl 2 wherein M2 represents at least one element selected from Mg (magnesium), Ca (calcium), Sr (strontium), and Ba (barium) or a divalent europium-activated aluminate phosphor substantially represented by general formula 3: a(M3, Eu)O·bAl 2 O 3 wherein M3 represents at least one element selected from Mg (magnesium), Ca (calcium), Sr (strontium), Ba (barium), Zn (zinc), Li (lithium), Rb (rubidium), and Cs (cesium); and a and b are respective numbers of 0 < a, 0 < b, and 0.2 ≤ a/b ≤ 1.5; and red phosphor: a europium-activated lanthanum oxysulfide phosphor represented by general formula 4: (La 1-x, Eu x) 2 O 2 S wherein x is a number satisfying 0.01 < x < 0.15. green phosphor: a trivalent cerium- and terbium-activated rare earth boride phosphor substantially represented by general formula 1: M 1-x-y Ce x Tb y BO 3 wherein M represents at least one element selected from Sc (scandium), Y (yttrium), La (lanthanum), Gd (gadolinium), and Lu (lutetium); and x and y are respective numbers of 0.03 < x < 0.3 and 0.03 < y < 0.3; blue phosphor: a divalent europium-activated halophosphate phosphor substantially represented by general formula 2: (M2, Eu) 10 (PO 4) 6 ·Cl 2 wherein M2 represents at least one element selected from Mg (magnesium), Ca (calcium), Sr (strontium), and Ba (barium) or a divalent europium-activated aluminate phosphor substantially represented by general formula 3: a(M3, Eu)O·bAl 2 O 3 wherein M3 represents at least one element selected from Mg (magnesium), Ca (calcium), Sr (strontium), Ba (barium), Zn (zinc), Li (lithium), Rb (rubidium), and Cs (cesium); and a and b are respective numbers of 0 < a, 0 < b, and 0.2 ≤ a/b ≤ 1.5; and red phosphor: a europium-activated lanthanum oxysulfide phosphor represented by general formula 4: (La 1-x, Eu x) 2 O 2 S wherein x is a number satisfying 0.01 < x < 0.15.