A
ceramic green
wavelength conversion element (120) is coated with a red
wavelength conversion material (330) and placed above a
blue light emitting element (110) such that the
ceramic element (120) is attached to the light emitting element (110), thereby providing an efficient
thermal coupling from the red and green
converters (330, 120) to the light emitting element (110) and its associated
heat sink. To protect the red converter
coating (330) from the effects of subsequent processes, a sacrificial clear
coating (340) is created above the red converter element (330). This clear
coating (340) may be provided as a discrete layer of clear material, or it may be produced by allowing the red
converters to settle to the bottom of its suspension material, thereby forming a converter-free upper layer that can be subjected to the subsequent fabrication processes.