To provide a lighting device capable of performing rendering for advantaging an object itself by providing the object with light to be changed from moment to moment using an ultraviolet lamp and a visible light.
Pattern data 25 includes fade-in means 26 for gradually shifting the illuminance of the ultraviolet lamp 11 or the visible light lamps 12 and 13 from dark illuminance to bright illuminance, and fade-out means 27 for gradually shifting the illuminance of the ultraviolet lamp 11 or the visible light lamps 12 and 13 from bright illuminance to dark illuminance. Thus, in the lighting device 1, the rendering of color to be provided to the object 5 can be enjoyed so that the object is emitted by the ultraviolet lamp 11 to appear white and clear, and clear white is gradually faded next time and the color of the visible lights 12 and 13 appears.