A projector has: a plurality of light sources, a plurality of phosphor wheels to which are affixed a plurality of arc-shaped segments of phosphor that takes as excitation light the light from the light sources to emit light, a synthesizing optical system that synthesizes light emitted by the plurality of phosphor wheels, and a phosphor rotation control unit that controls the rotation of the plurality of phosphor wheels such that the timing at which the quantity of light emitted by the phosphor wheels becomes a minimum value differs for each of the plurality of phosphor wheels.