An imaging apparatus according to the present invention includes an imaging unit that captures an imaging target and outputs an imaging signal, an illumination unit that includes a plurality of light sources that emit light of a plurality of different colors, and an imaging signal that has a plurality of colors. A color separation unit that separates the signal into a plurality of signals, a target color setting unit that sets the target color as the target color, and a target color that is set by the target color setting unit based on the signal separated by the color separation unit And a light emission balance control unit that controls the light emission balance of the plurality of light sources by increasing the light amount of the light source according to the above.本発明にかかる撮像装置は、撮像対象を撮像して撮像信号を出力する撮像部と、互いに異なる複数の色の光をそれぞれ出射する複数の光源を有する照明部と、撮像信号を複数の色に応じた複数の信号に分離する色分離部と、着目する色を着目色として設定する着目色設定部と、色分離部が分離した信号をもとに、着目色設定部により設定された着目色に応じた光源の光量を大きくして、複数の光源による発光バランスを制御する発光バランス制御部と、を備えた。
