LIGHTING DEVICE FOE VEHICLE AND LIGHTING METHOD

A lighting device (100) for a vehicle, capable of more adequately draw the attention of a pedestrian to the fact that the vehicle is approaching the pedestrian. The lighting device (100) for a vehicle is provided with an object position detecting section (110) and a lighting control section (130). The object position detecting section (110) specifies an object which is present in the periphery of the vehicle and about which a warning is to be issued, and the object position detecting section detects a positional relationship between the object and the vehicle. The lighting control section (130) controls a headlight (120) so that illuminating light having a color corresponding to the positional relationship is applied to a region in which the object is present.