White light source including LED and phosphors

A white light source comprising:

• a light emitting diode (LED);
• and phosphors,
• wherein the phosphors comprise a cerium activated yttrium aluminum garnet-based phosphor, and blue phosphor comprising at least one of a europium activated alkaline earth halophosphate phosphor and a europium activated barium magnesium aluminate phosphor,
• wherein white light emitted from the white light source has no light emission spectrum peak that has a ratio of a largest maximum value to a minimum value of greater than 1.9,
• wherein the ratio is defined by a light emission spectrum intensity in a wavelength that indicates the largest maximum value divided by a light emission spectrum intensity in a wavelength that indicates the minimum value,
• wherein the largest maximum value is a largest value among at least one maximum light emission spectrum intensity value present in a wavelength range of 400 nm to 500 nm in a light emission spectrum of white light emitted from the white light source,
• wherein the minimum value is a light emission intensity value having a minimum value and being adjacent to the largest maximum value in a longer wavelength side of the light emission spectrum, and
• the white light has a color temperature with a range of 2500 K to 6500 K.