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Common meanings

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Violet (color) Violet is the color of light at the short wavelength end of the visible spectrum. It is one of the seven colors that Isaac Newton labeled when dividing the spectrum of visible light in 1672. Violet light has a wavelength between approximately ...
, a spectral color with wavelengths shorter than blue * One of a
list of plants known as violet Violet identifies various plant taxa, particularly species in the genus ''Viola'', within which the common violet is the best known member in Eurasia and the common blue violet and common purple violet are the best known members in North America ...
, particularly: ** ''Viola'' (plant), a genus of flowering plants


Places


United States

* Violet, Louisiana * Violet, Missouri *
Violet, Texas Violet is a small unincorporated community with a population around 40 in Nueces County, Texas, United States. It lies along State Highway 44, between the cities of Corpus Christi and Robstown. History In the early 1900s, German immigrant ...
* Violet, West Virginia


Elsewhere

* Violet, Ontario, Canada *
Violet Town Violet Town is a town in northeastern Victoria, Australia. The town is in the Shire of Strathbogie local government area, northeast of the state capital, Melbourne on the Hume Highway. At the , Violet Town had a population of 936. The town i ...
, 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 In geometry, a pentagon () is any five-sided polygon or 5-gon. The sum of the internal angles in a simple polygon, simple pentagon is 540°. A pentagon may be simple or list of self-intersecting polygons, self-intersecting. A self-intersecting ...
* ''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 ''Demo_02'' is the fifth extended play from South Korean boy band Pentagon. It was released on November 22, 2017, by Cube Entertainment Cube Entertainment Inc. () is a South Korean entertainment company. The company operates as a record label, ...
'' * "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 and are 2022 role-playing video games developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company for the Nintendo Switch. They are the first installments in the ninth generation of the ''Pokémon'' video game series. They ...
'' games for the Nintendo Switch * Violet, the codename for Kasumi Yoshizawa, a character from ''Persona 5''


People

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Violet (given name) Violet is a female given name which comes from the Violet (plant), eponymous flower. As with other such names, its popularity has varied dramatically over time. Flower names were commonly used from about 1880 through about 1910 in the United States ...
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Arlene Violet Arlene Violet (born 1943) is an American politician. She was a religious sister in the Sisters of Mercy and Attorney General of Rhode Island 1985–1987. She was the first female Attorney General elected in the United States.Pierre-Noël Violet, Flemish-French miniature-painter *
Terri Violet Terri Violet is an American politician who was elected in 2024 to represent the 104th district in the Missouri House of Representatives. Violet is a U.S. Navy veteran. She is a descendant of the Mayflower ''Mayflower'' was an English saili ...
, American politician *
Tessa Violet Tessa Violet Williams (born March 20, 1990) is an American singer-songwriter, social media personality, actress, music video director, and former child model. Originally a vlogger under the username Meekakitty, Violet has since focused primari ...
, 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

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NYU Violets NYU Violets is the nickname of the sports teams and other competitive teams at New York University. The school colors are purple and white. Although officially known as the Violets, the school mascot is a bobcat. The Violets compete as a member ...
, the teams of New York University * Sea violet, '' Microcosmus sabatieri'', a species of edible Mediterranean tunicate


See also

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Violeta (disambiguation) Violeta is the form of the female given name Violet in use in several languages. It can mean: People * Violeta (given name), female given name Movies * Violeta Went to Heaven (Spanish: ''Violeta se fue a los cielos''), a 2011 Chilean film Musi ...
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Violetta (disambiguation) Violetta may refer to: * Violetta (given name), a female given name * Violetta (instrument), 16th-century musical instrument similar to a violin, but with only three strings * Violetta (performer) (born circa 1906/07), an American sideshow perform ...
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Violette (disambiguation) Violette may refer to: * Violette (name), given name and surname * Violette AC, a football club based in Port-au-Prince, Haiti * ''Violette'' (film), a 2013 French drama film * , a Royal Navy minesweeper transferred to France in 1955 and renamed ...
* Viola (disambiguation) * * {{Disambiguation, geo, surname