The distance information generating apparatus includes a generating unit configured to generate the distance information, based on the parallax between the first image signal and the second image signal; an acquiring unit configured to acquire chromatic aberration information indicative of chromatic aberration of an image-forming optical system used in photographing of the first image signal and the second image signal; and a correction unit configured to correct the distance information generated in the generating unit, based on a contrast evaluation value generated for each of the plurality of pieces of color information from the third image signal, and the chromatic aberration information.