A lighting apparatus includes a red LED; a green LED; a blue LED; and a white LED made up of a blue light-emitting element and a yellow phosphor, wherein the red LED, the green LED, the blue LED, and the white LED generate 26 to 38%, 35 to 50%, 0 to 2%, and 12 to 33% of light, respectively, and white light obtained by additive color mixing of light from the red, green, blue, and white LEDs has a correlated color temperature of 2800 K or more to less than 3500 K, a deviation of 0.02 or below in absolute value, and a color gamut area ratio of 120% or more to 140% or less. Consequently, the lighting apparatus can radiate an illuminating light which makes colors look vivid.