A lighting equipment including a white light source whose color temperature is 2,500 to 5,400 K, comprising: one type of a blue light emitting LED having a light emission peak of 421 to 490 nm; and a phosphor excited by a primary light emitted from the blue light emitting LED thereby to emit a secondary white light, wherein the phosphor comprises four or more types of phosphors selected out of: types of blue phosphors; types of blue-green phosphors; types of green phosphors; types of yellow phosphors; and/or types of red phosphors, the phosphor comprises at least one of the four or more types of phosphor that is an europium-activated orthosilicate phosphor having a peak wavelength of 520 to 550 nm, an europium-activated β-sialon phosphor having a peak wavelength of 535 to 545 nm, an europium-. activated strontium sialon phosphor having a peak wavelength of 510 to 530 nm, an europium-activated orthosilicate phosphor having a peak wavelength of 550 to 580nm, or a cerium-activated rare-earth aluminum garnet phosphor having a peak wavelength of 550 to 580 nm, the phosphor has a light emission peak in a range of 420 to 700 nm, adjacent peak wavelengths of the respective phosphors are deviated to each other by 10 nm to 100 nm, and a half band width of the peak wavelength of the light emission spectrum of each phosphor is 40 nm or more, the white light source satisfies a relational equation of − 0.2 ≤ P λ × V λ / P λ max 1 × V λ max 1 − B λ × V λ / B λ max 2 × V λ max 2 ≤ + 0.2 , assuming that: a light emission spectrum of the white light source is P(λ); a light emission spectrum of black-body radiation having a same color temperature as that of the white light source is B(λ); a spectrum of a spectral luminous efficiency is V(λ); a wavelength at which P(λ) × V(λ) becomes largest is λmax1; and a wavelength at which B(λ) × V(λ) becomes largest is λmax2. the phosphor comprises four or more types of phosphors selected out of: types of blue phosphors; types of blue-green phosphors; types of green phosphors; types of yellow phosphors; and/or types of red phosphors, the phosphor comprises at least one of the four or more types of phosphor that is an europium-activated orthosilicate phosphor having a peak wavelength of 520 to 550 nm, an europium-activated β-sialon phosphor having a peak wavelength of 535 to 545 nm, an europium-. activated strontium sialon phosphor having a peak wavelength of 510 to 530 nm, an europium-activated orthosilicate phosphor having a peak wavelength of 550 to 580nm, or a cerium-activated rare-earth aluminum garnet phosphor having a peak wavelength of 550 to 580 nm, the phosphor has a light emission peak in a range of 420 to 700 nm, adjacent peak wavelengths of the respective phosphors are deviated to each other by 10 nm to 100 nm, and a half band width of the peak wavelength of the light emission spectrum of each phosphor is 40 nm or more, the white light source satisfies a relational equation of − 0.2 ≤ P λ × V λ / P λ max 1 × V λ max 1 − B λ × V λ / B λ max 2 × V λ max 2 ≤ + 0.2 , assuming that: a light emission spectrum of the white light source is P(λ); a light emission spectrum of black-body radiation having a same color temperature as that of the white light source is B(λ); a spectrum of a spectral luminous efficiency is V(λ); a wavelength at which P(λ) × V(λ) becomes largest is λmax1; and a wavelength at which B(λ) × V(λ) becomes largest is λmax2. <EOS>