To minimize the variability in the emitted light color and improve the unevenness of color tone, a light emitting device comprises a light emitting element and a fluorescent substance that is excited by the light emitting element, wherein the light emitting element has an emission spectrum in a region from ultraviolet to visible light of short wavelengths, and the fluorescent substance has an emission spectrum that includes two or more emission peaks with at least two peaks of the two or more peaks being in the relation of complementary colors of each other.