Violet usually refers to:

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

Violet may also refer to:

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" (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
  • "Violet", a 2015 song by Daniel Caesar
  • "Violet", a 2021 song by Ninomae Ina'nis from re:VISION

Other uses

  • Violet (opera), a 2005 opera by Roger Scruton
  • Violet (musical), by Jeanine Tesori
  • Violet (computer game), a 2008 interactive fiction game
  • Violet (fairy tale), an Italian fairy tale by Giambattista Basile
  • 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
  • Violet, one of the many codenames for Salu Digby, a character from DC Comics
  • "Violet" (The Bear), a 2024 episode of The Bear TV series

People

  • Violet (given name), a female given name with a list of persons and fictional characters
  • 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

  • HMS Violet, eight ships of the Royal Navy
  • 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
  • Violet (ship), a sailing ship lost in 1758
  • , an Irish Sea ferry built in 1880

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)