White light emitting devices having high luminous efficiency and improved color rendering that include pass-through violet emissions

A light emitting device, comprising:

• a first group of at least one first solid state emitter, each first solid state emitter comprising a first light emitting diode (“LED”) that, when excited, emits light having a peak wavelength in a range between about 440 nm and about 475 nm;
• and
• a second group of at least one second solid state emitter, each second solid state emitter comprising a second LED that, when excited, emits light having a peak wavelength in a range between about 390 nm and about 415 nm,
• wherein the emission of the light in the 390 nm to 415 nm wavelength range is configured to increase a saturation of a remainder of the emitted light of the light emitting device in a blue-violet color range while maintaining a luminous flux of the light emitting device between 100 lumens per watt and 140 lumens per watt.