By way of example, arrangements such as shown in FIGS. 6B, 7B and 8 may be adopted. [0045] In the LED device shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, green fluorescent substance 16 is locally placed only around ultraviolet/violet light emitting element 12 for exciting green fluorescent substance 16, and ultraviolet/violet light emitting element 12 and green fluorescent substance 16 are confined in a space lower