Patent ID: 7083288

Claim:
An illumination apparatus which illuminates a portion to be illuminated with illumination light beams of two or more colors, comprising: a plurality of illumination units corresponding to the respective colors, each of the plurality of illumination units including: a plurality of light emitting members configured to emit illumination beams of a predetermined color; a driving circuit configured to drive the respective light emitting members; a condenser optical system configured to condense illumination beams emitted from the light emitting members driven by the driving circuit onto the portion to be illuminated; a light control member configured to perform at least one of change of light paths of the illumination beams from the light emitting members to illuminate the portion to be illuminated and movement of the light emitting members; and a movable section configured to cause the light control member to be movable in a predetermined period; and a light selection control section configured to control the movable sections and the driving circuits of the plurality of illumination units so as to select an illumination beam to illuminate the portion to be illuminated from the illumination beams of the plurality of light emitting members.