A light emitting device of the present invention includes an LED substrate and a sealing resin portion which seals the LED substrate, the sealing resin portion having a silicone resin having a refractive index n.sub.3 to which a fluorescent material having a refractive index n.sub.1 and fine particles having a refractive index n.sub.2 are added. In the light emitting device, a relationship of n.sub.2>n.sub.1>n.sub.3 holds in the refractive indexes n.sub.1 to n.sub.3, and a particle size of the fine particles is not more than 1/10 of a wavelength of light emitted from the LED substrate.