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'''Violet''' may refer to:
== Color ==
* [[Violet (color)]], which is primarily used to describe a color often confused with purple.
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== People ==
* [[Violet (name)]], a given name for girls
* [[Violet Berlin]], the presenter of the television program ''Game Pad''
* [[Violet Bonham Carter, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury|Violet Bonham Carter]], British politician
* [[Violet Wilkey]], American child actress of the silent film era
* '''Violet''', the stage name of singer [[Amelia Brightman]]
== In biology ==
* Violet, a plant of the genus [[Viola (plant)|''Viola'']]
* African violet, a plant of the genus ''[[Saintpaulia]]'' that has a superficial resemblance to ''Viola''
* Dogtooth violet, any of several species of the genus ''[[Erythronium]]''
*Sea violet, a type of edible [[ascidian]], or sea squirt
== In geography ==
* [[Violet, Louisiana]], a city in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
== In entertainment ==
* [[Violet (musical)|''Violet'' (musical)]], an off-Broadway musical
* [[Violet (album)|''Violet'' (album)]], an album by The Birthday Massacre
* [[Violet (song)|"Violet" (song)]], a song by the band Hole
* "Violet", a song by Seal, from his first album [[Seal (1991 album)|''Seal'' (1991 album)]]
* [[Violet (film)|''Violet'' (film)]], a 1981 short film
== Fictional characters ==
* [[Violet (comics)]] a.k.a. Shrinking Violet, a character in the DC Comics series ''Legion of Super-Heroes''
* [[Violet (Peanuts)]], a character in the comic strip ''Peanuts'' by Charles M. Schulz
* [[Violet Baudelaire]], a character from the highly popular ''A Series of Unfortunate Events'' by Lemony Snicket
* [[Violet Beauregarde]], a character in ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'' by Roald Dahl
* [[Violet Parr]], a character in the Pixar movie ''The Incredibles''
* [[Violet Song jat Shariff]], a character in the 2006 film ''UltraViolet''
* [[Lee Chaolan #Tekken 4|Violet (Tekken)]], a character / an alter-ego of a character in ''Tekken 4''
* Violet, a character in ''[[Fifi & the Flowertots]]''.
* Violet, a character in the 1980's cartoon ''[[Rainbow Brite]]''
* Violet, a character in the 1978 film ''[[Pretty Baby (film)|Pretty Baby]]'', directed by Louis Malle
* Violet, a character in the 1996 film ''[[Bound (film)|Bound]]''
* Violet Heaslip, Becky Botsford's/WordGirl's best friend in the series of [[WordGirl]]
* Violet Potato, [[Elena Potato]]'s baby sister in the series of Monster Allergy
== Other uses ==
* Violets is the name of [[New York University#Athletics|New York University]]'s sports teams, and the school color
* [http://alexdp.free.fr/violetumleditor/page.php Violet UML Editor] is a free, cross-platform, [[Unified Modeling Language|UML]] editor, that is easy to learn and use.
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