Violet

Violet may refer to:

Common meanings

• Violet (color), a spectral color with wavelengths shorter than blue
• One of a list of plants known as violet, particularly:
  • Viola (plant), a genus of flowering plants

Places

United States

• Violet, Louisiana
• Violet, Missouri
• Violet, Texas
• Violet, West Virginia

Elsewhere

• Violet, Ontario, Canada
• Violet Town, Victoria, Australia

Media and entertainment

Film

• Violet (1921 film), a German silent film
• Violet (1978 film), a Croatian feature film
• Violet (1981 film), a short film
• Violet (2000 film), a Canadian comedy film directed by Rosemary House
• Violet (2014 film), a Dutch film
• Violet (2021 film), an American drama film

Music

Albums

• Violet (The Birthday Massacre album), 2004
• Violet (Closterkeller album), 1993
• Violet, a 2018 EP by Pentagon
• Violet (L.S. Dunes album), 2025

Songs

• "Violet" (Daniel Caesar song), 2015
• "Violet" (Hole song), 1995
• "Violet" (Seal song), 1992
• "Violet", a 2017 song by Pentagon from Demo_02
• "Violet", a 1996 song by Joe Morris from Elsewhere

Other uses

• Violet (opera), a 2005 opera by Roger Scruton
• Violet (musical), by Jeanine Tesori
• Violet (computer game), a 2008 interactive fiction game
• Pokémon Violet, one of the two paired Pokémon Scarlet and Violet games for the Nintendo Switch
• Violet, the codename for Kasumi Yoshizawa, a character from Persona 5

People

• Violet (given name), a female given name
• Arlene Violet, American nun and Attorney General
• Pierre-Noël Violet, Flemish-French miniature-painter
• Pierre Violet-Marty, French World War I flying ace
• Terri Violet, American politician
• Tessa Violet, American singer-songwriter

Ships

• USS Violet, a civil war gunboat launched in 1862
• USLHT Violet, a lighthouse tender launched in 1864
• USCGC Violet (WAGL-250), a buoy tender launched in 1930

Other uses

• NYU Violets, the teams of New York University
• Sea violet, Microcosmus sabatieri, a species of edible Mediterranean tunicate

See also

• Violeta (disambiguation)
• Violetta (disambiguation)
• Violette (disambiguation)
• Viola (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Violet
• All pages with titles containing Violet