Lighting device with multi-chip light emitters, solid state light emitter support members and lighting elements

A lighting device comprising:

• at least a first multi-chip light emitter, a second multi-chip light emitter and a third multi-chip light emitter,
• the first multi-chip light emitter comprising at least a first solid state light emitter, a second solid state light emitter, a third solid state light emitter and a fourth solid state light emitter,
• the second multi-chip light emitter comprising at least a fifth solid state light emitter, a sixth solid state light emitter, a seventh solid state light emitter and an eighth solid state light emitter,
• the third multi-chip light emitter comprising at least a ninth solid state light emitter, a tenth solid state light emitter, an eleventh solid state light emitter and a twelfth solid state light emitter,
• the first solid state light emitter emitting light of a first hue,
• the second solid state light emitter emitting light of a second hue,
• the fifth solid state light emitter emitting light of a fifth hue,
• the sixth solid state light emitter emitting light of a sixth hue,
• the ninth solid state light emitter emitting light of a ninth hue,
• the tenth solid state light emitter emitting light of a tenth hue,
• the first hue differing from the fifth hue by not more than seven MaeAdam ellipses,
• the first hue differing from the ninth hue by not more than seven MacAdam ellipses,
• the fifth hue differing from the ninth hue by not more than seven MacAdam ellipses,
• the first hue differing from each of the second hue, the sixth hue and the tenth hue by more than seven MacAdam ellipses,
• the fifth hue differing from each of the second hue, the sixth hue and the tenth hue by more than seven MacAdam ellipses,
• the ninth hue differing from each of the second hue, the sixth hue and the tenth hue by more than seven MacAdam ellipses,
• any solid state light emitter in the second multi-chip light emitter that is spatially offset relative to the first solid state light emitter by less than 10 degrees having a hue that differs from the first hue by more than seven MacAdam ellipses.

A lighting device comprising:

• at least a first multi-chip light emitter and a second multi-chip light emitter,
• the first multi-chip light emitter comprising at least a first solid state light emitter, a second solid state light emitter and a third solid state light emitter,
• the second multi-chip light emitter comprising at least a fourth solid state light emitter, a fifth solid state light emitter and a sixth solid state light emitter,
• the first solid state light emitter emitting light of a first hue,
• the second solid state light emitter emitting light of a second hue,
• the third solid state light emitter emitting light of a third hue,
• the fourth solid state light emitter emitting light of a fourth hue,
• the fifth solid state light emitter emitting light of a fifth hue,
• the sixth solid state light emitter emitting light of a sixth hue,
• the second hue differing from the first hue by not more than seven MacAdam ellipses,
• the third hue differing from the first hue by more than seven MacAdam ellipses,
• the fifth hue differing from the fourth hue by not more than seven MacAdam ellipses, and
• the sixth hue differing from the fourth hue by more than seven MacAdam ellipses.

A lighting device comprising:

• at least a first multi-chip light emitter and a second multi-chip light emitter,
• the first multi-chip light emitter comprising at least a first solid state light emitter and a second solid state light emitter,
• the second multi-chip light emitter comprising at least a third solid state light emitter and a fourth solid state light emitter,
• the first solid state light emitter emitting light of a hue that differs from the hue of light that is emitted by the second solid state light emitter,
• the third solid state light emitter emitting light of a hue that differs from the hue of light that is emitted by the fourth solid state light emitter,
• (1) the at least first and second solid state light emitters on the first multi-chip light emitter spatially arranged relative to one another,
• (2) the at least third and fourth solid state light emitters on the second multi-chip light emitter spatially arranged relative to one another, and
• (3) the at least first and second multi-chip light emitters spatially arranged relative to one another, to provide adequate color mixing of light emitted from the lighting device,
• in which when the lighting device is supplied with electricity, the hue of each of 100 substantially square regions of equal surface area dividing a surface area of a beam of light emitted by the lighting device differs from the hue of each of the other of the 100 substantially square regions by not more than seven MacAdam ellipses, the surface area of the beam of light at a distance, along an axis perpendicular to an emission plane of the lighting device, of six times a diameter of a surface of the lighting device.