A semiconductor light emitting device (10, 10', 10", 200, 300), comprising: a first light emitting diode ("LED") (11, 11-1, 311) that is blue-shifted-yellow and emits radiation having a peak wavelength between 400 and 490 nm that includes a first recipient luminophoric medium, wherein a color point of the combined light output of the first LED and the first recipient luminophoric medium falls within the region on the 1931 CIE Chromaticity Diagram defined by x, y chromaticity coordinates (0.32, 0.40), (0.36, 0.48), (0.43 0.45), (0.36, 0.38), (0.32, 0.40); an independently controllable first circuit (14,314) that is configured to provide an operating current to the first LED; characterized in that the semiconductor lighting emitting device further comprises a second LED (12, 312) that is blue-shifted-green and emits radiation having a peak wavelength between 400 and 490 nm that includes a second recipient luminophoric medium, wherein a color point of the combined light output of the second LED and the second recipient luminophoric medium falls within the region on the 1931 CIE Chromaticity Diagram defined by x, y chromaticity coordinates (0.35, 0.48), (0.26, 0.50), (0.13 0.26), (0.15, 0.20), (0.26, 0.28), (0.35, 0.48); a third light source (13, 313) that emits radiation having a dominant wavelength between 600 and 720 nm; an independently controllable second circuit (15, 315) that is configured to provide an operating current to the second LED; and an independently controllable third circuit (16, 316) that is configured to provide an operating current to the third light source, wherein the color point of the combined light output of the first LED and the first recipient luminophoric medium is a first color point, wherein the color point of the combined light output of the second LED and the second recipient luminophoric medium is a second color point, and wherein the first color point and the second color point define a line on the 1931 CIE Chromaticity Diagram that runs generally parallel to the black-body locus. a first light emitting diode ("LED") (11, 11-1, 311) that is blue-shifted-yellow and emits radiation having a peak wavelength between 400 and 490 nm that includes a first recipient luminophoric medium, wherein a color point of the combined light output of the first LED and the first recipient luminophoric medium falls within the region on the 1931 CIE Chromaticity Diagram defined by x, y chromaticity coordinates (0.32, 0.40), (0.36, 0.48), (0.43 0.45), (0.36, 0.38), (0.32, 0.40); an independently controllable first circuit (14,314) that is configured to provide an operating current to the first LED; characterized in that the semiconductor lighting emitting device further comprises a second LED (12, 312) that is blue-shifted-green and emits radiation having a peak wavelength between 400 and 490 nm that includes a second recipient luminophoric medium, wherein a color point of the combined light output of the second LED and the second recipient luminophoric medium falls within the region on the 1931 CIE Chromaticity Diagram defined by x, y chromaticity coordinates (0.35, 0.48), (0.26, 0.50), (0.13 0.26), (0.15, 0.20), (0.26, 0.28), (0.35, 0.48); a third light source (13, 313) that emits radiation having a dominant wavelength between 600 and 720 nm; an independently controllable second circuit (15, 315) that is configured to provide an operating current to the second LED; and an independently controllable third circuit (16, 316) that is configured to provide an operating current to the third light source, wherein the color point of the combined light output of the first LED and the first recipient luminophoric medium is a first color point, wherein the color point of the combined light output of the second LED and the second recipient luminophoric medium is a second color point, and wherein the first color point and the second color point define a line on the 1931 CIE Chromaticity Diagram that runs generally parallel to the black-body locus.