A light emitting device comprising: a first white light source to emit a first white light having a first color temperature of 2500 K to 3000 K; a second white light source to emit a second white light having a second color temperature of 4800 K to 5800 K; and a lighting circuit to adjust current amounts supplied to the first and second white light sources so that a color temperature of a mixed white light of the first and second white lights is lowered accordingly as an emission intensity of the mixed white light is lowered, the lighting circuit being configured to set the color temperature of the mixed white light to an intermediate color temperature between the first and second color temperatures, and then increase an emission intensity of one of the first and second white lights and decrease an emission intensity of the other of the first and second white lights so that an emission intensity variation amount of the second white light exceeds an emission intensity variation amount of the first white light, the first and second white light sources each including: a light emitting diode to emit light having an emission peak wavelength in 370 nm to 420 nm; and a mixed phosphor to convert the light from the diode to the first white light or the second white light, the mixed phosphor containing a red phosphor, a green phosphor, and a blue phosphor, wherein, at all intermediate color temperatures exhibited by the mixed white light, a general color rendering index Ra of the mixed white light is 90 or more. a first white light source to emit a first white light having a first color temperature of 2500 K to 3000 K; a second white light source to emit a second white light having a second color temperature of 4800 K to 5800 K; and a lighting circuit to adjust current amounts supplied to the first and second white light sources so that a color temperature of a mixed white light of the first and second white lights is lowered accordingly as an emission intensity of the mixed white light is lowered, the lighting circuit being configured to set the color temperature of the mixed white light to an intermediate color temperature between the first and second color temperatures, and then increase an emission intensity of one of the first and second white lights and decrease an emission intensity of the other of the first and second white lights so that an emission intensity variation amount of the second white light exceeds an emission intensity variation amount of the first white light, the first and second white light sources each including: a light emitting diode to emit light having an emission peak wavelength in 370 nm to 420 nm; and a mixed phosphor to convert the light from the diode to the first white light or the second white light, the mixed phosphor containing a red phosphor, a green phosphor, and a blue phosphor, a light emitting diode to emit light having an emission peak wavelength in 370 nm to 420 nm; and a mixed phosphor to convert the light from the diode to the first white light or the second white light, the mixed phosphor containing a red phosphor, a green phosphor, and a blue phosphor, wherein, at all intermediate color temperatures exhibited by the mixed white light, a general color rendering index Ra of the mixed white light is 90 or more. <EOS>