Two synthesis routes, solid-state reaction and precipitation reaction, were employed to prepare BaSiO :Eu phosphors in this study. Discrepancies in the luminescence green emission at 505 nm for the solid-state reaction method sample and in the yellow emission at 570 nm for the sample prepared by the precipitation reaction method, were observed respectively. A detail investigation about the discrepant luminescence of BaSiO :Eu phosphors was performed by evaluation of X-ray diffraction (XRD), photoluminescence (PL)/photoluminescence excitation (PLE), decay time and thermal quenching properties. The results showed that the yellow emission was generated from the BaSiO :Eu phosphor, while the green emission was ascribed to a small amount of Ba SiO :Eu compound that was present in the solid-state reaction sample. This work clarifies the luminescence properties of Eu ions in BaSiO and Ba SiO hosts.