Lighting device for generating white light, which comprises at least one strip of three light-emitting diodes in a linear arrangement, wherein: • a) each strip of three light-emitting diodes comprises two outer light-emitting diodes and a middle light-emitting diode; • b) each of the two outer light-emitting diodes and the middle light-emitting diode are phosphor-converted white light-emitting diodes; and • c) the distance of each of the color coordinates of the two outer light-emitting diodes to the color coordinate of the mixed light of the two outer light-emitting diodes and the middle light-emitting diode is smaller than the distance of the color coordinate of the middle light-emitting diode to the color coordinate of the mixed light of the two outer light-emitting diodes and the middle light-emitting diode, characterized in that • the color coordinates of the two outer light-emitting diodes are not identical to one another, wherein the color coordinates for the first and for the second outer light-emitting diode are separated by no more than 1 or 2 sub-bins or are in the same sub-bin in accordance with the ANSI BIN curve, ANSI C78.377-2008, and the color coordinate of the middle light-emitting diode is selected from a bin or sub-bin which, according to the ANSI-BIN curve, ANSI C78.377-2008, is separated from a bin or sub-bin of at least one of the outer light-emitting diodes by 2 to 4 bins or sub-bins, wherein the white light of each of the two outer light-emitting diodes and the middle light-emitting diode has a color temperature which is independently selected from a color temperature between warm white light and cold white light in the range between approximately 2,700 K to approximately 6,500 K. • a) each strip of three light-emitting diodes comprises two outer light-emitting diodes and a middle light-emitting diode; • b) each of the two outer light-emitting diodes and the middle light-emitting diode are phosphor-converted white light-emitting diodes; and • c) the distance of each of the color coordinates of the two outer light-emitting diodes to the color coordinate of the mixed light of the two outer light-emitting diodes and the middle light-emitting diode is smaller than the distance of the color coordinate of the middle light-emitting diode to the color coordinate of the mixed light of the two outer light-emitting diodes and the middle light-emitting diode, characterized in that • the color coordinates of the two outer light-emitting diodes are not identical to one another, wherein the color coordinates for the first and for the second outer light-emitting diode are separated by no more than 1 or 2 sub-bins or are in the same sub-bin in accordance with the ANSI BIN curve, ANSI C78.377-2008, and the color coordinate of the middle light-emitting diode is selected from a bin or sub-bin which, according to the ANSI-BIN curve, ANSI C78.377-2008, is separated from a bin or sub-bin of at least one of the outer light-emitting diodes by 2 to 4 bins or sub-bins, wherein the white light of each of the two outer light-emitting diodes and the middle light-emitting diode has a color temperature which is independently selected from a color temperature between warm white light and cold white light in the range between approximately 2,700 K to approximately 6,500 K.