Array of Light Emitting Devices to Produce a White Light Source

A method comprising:

• providing at least one phosphor converted light emitting device that produces light with a broad spectrum;
• providing a plurality of color light emitting devices, each of which produces light with a narrow spectrum;
• mixing the light produced by the at least one phosphor converted light emitting device and the plurality of color light emitting devices to produce light with a resulting spectrum that is more continuous than the broad spectrum produced by the at least one phosphor converted light emitting devices;
• controlling the brightness of the light produced by the plurality of color light emitting devices to vary the correlated color temperature of the resulting spectrum.

A method comprising:

• providing a plurality of phosphor converted light emitting devices that produce light with a broad spectrum, the phosphor converted light emitting devices producing light with different correlated color temperature;
• arranging the plurality of phosphor converted light emitting devices in an array;
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• covering the array of phosphor converted light emitting devices with an optical element that assists mixing of the light with different correlated color temperatures to produce light with a desired correlated color temperature.