A silhouette is the image of a person, animal, object or scene represented as a solid shape of a single color, usually black, with its edges matching the outline of the subject. Silhouette or Silhouettes may also refer to: * Étienne de Silhouette (1709–1767), Controller-General of Finances under Louis XV

Arts, entertainment and media

Fictional characters

Silhouette (comics) Silhouette (Silhouette Chord) is a fictional character, a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She first appeared in ''New Warriors'' #2 (August 1990), and was created by Fabian Nicieza and Mark Bagley. Sil ...

, a Marvel Comic heroine * Silhouette, a character in the ''Watchmen'' series * Aunt Silhouette, a character introduced in Book Index 57, page 8 of 9, of Margaret Atwood's novel '' The Testaments'' (2019)

Music

Groups and labels

* Silhouette (band), a Dutch progressive rock band * Silhouette, an alias used briefly in the mid-1980s by American singer Jeanie Tracy *

The Silhouettes The Silhouettes were an American doo wop/ R&B group, whose single " Get a Job" was a number 1 hit on the ''Billboard'' R&B singles chart and pop singles chart in 1958. The doo-wop revival group Sha Na Na derived their name from the song's lyric ...

, an American R&B/doo-wop group

Albums

* ''Silhouette'' (album), 1988, by jazz musician Kenny G * ''Silhouettes'' (Aquilo album), 2017 *

Silhouettes (Klaus Schulze album) ''Silhouettes'' is the forty-fifth album by Klaus Schulze, released on 25 May 2018. It was the first Klaus Schulze album to be made available on Bandcamp online music distributor. Track listing All tracks composed by Klaus Schulze. References ...

, 2018 * ''Silhouettes'' (Lonnie Liston Smith album), 1984 * ''Silhouettes'' (Textures album), 2008 * ''The Silhouette'' (album), 2007, by metal band Ava Inferi

Songs

Silhouette (Kenny G instrumental) "Silhouette" is an instrumental by American smooth jazz saxophonist Kenny G, from his fifth studio album of the same name, which was released in 1988. Chart performance "Silhouette" peaked at No. 13 on the ''Billboard'' magazine Hot 100 chart, ...

, 1988 * "Silhouette", by Aquilo from their 2017 album ''

Silhouettes A silhouette ( , ) is the image of a person, animal, object or scene represented as a solid shape of a single colour, usually black, with its edges matching the outline of the subject. The interior of a silhouette is featureless, and the silhou ...

'' * "Silhouette" (Kana-Boon song), 2014 * "Silhouette", By Mike Oldfield from his 2008 album '' Music of the Spheres'' * "Silhouette", by Opeth from their 1995 album ''

Orchid Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering ...

'' * "Silhouette", by Owl City from their 2012 album ''

The Midsummer Station ''The Midsummer Station'' is the fourth studio album by American electronica project Owl City. It was released on August 17, 2012, by Universal Republic Records. Writing and development After Owl City's previous album, ''All Things Bright and Be ...

'' * "Silhouette", by Periphery from their 2023 album '' Periphery V: Djent Is Not a Genre'' * "Silhouette", by Thrice from their 2003 album '' The Artist in the Ambulance'' * "Silhouettes" (Avicii song), 2012 * "Silhouettes" (Marmaduke Duke song), 2009 * "Silhouettes" (The Rays song), 1957, covered by Steve Gibson & the Red Caps, Herman's Hermits and others * "Silhouettes", by Of Monsters and Men on '' The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' * "Silhouettes", by Smile Empty Soul from their 2003 self titled album

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

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Silhouette (Doctor Who) ''Silhouette'' is a BBC Books original novel written by Justin Richards and based on the long-running British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. It features the Twelfth Doctor, Clara Oswald, Madame Vastra, Jenny Flint and Strax ...

'', a 2014 novel * ''Silhouette RPG'', a generic role-playing game system * ''The Silhouette'' (newspaper), the student newspaper of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Transport

Silhouette (boat) The Silhouette also called the Silhouette 17, is a British trailerable sailboat that was designed by Robert Tucker as a pocket cruiser and first built in 1954.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page XX. Internat ...

, a trailerable sailboat * ''Silhouette'' (show rod), a show car built by Bill Cushenbery * ''

Celebrity Silhouette ''Celebrity Silhouette'' is a operated by Celebrity Cruises, a subsidiary of Royal Caribbean Group. She was ordered with German shipbuilder Meyer Werft in May 2007 and was delivered in July 2011 as the fourth ''Solstice''-class ship in the fleet ...

'', a cruise ship *

Lamborghini Silhouette The Lamborghini Silhouette P300 is a two-door two-seat mid-engined rear-wheel drive sports car, that was made in small numbers by Lamborghini between 1976 and 1979. Officially presented at the 1976 Geneva Auto Show, the Silhouette began as a sty ...

, a sports car *

Oldsmobile Silhouette The Oldsmobile Silhouette is a minivan manufactured by General Motors for model years 1990–2004 over two generations. Production ended when General Motors discontinued its Oldsmobile brand in 2004. GM continued to market badge engineered va ...

, a minivan

Other uses

Silhouette racing car A silhouette racing car is a race car which, although bearing a superficial resemblance to a production model, differs mechanically in fundamental ways. The purpose of silhouette cars is to provide a manufacturer with a tangible link to their consum ...

Silhouette (clustering) Silhouette refers to a method of interpretation and validation of consistency within clusters of data. The technique provides a succinct graphical representation of how well each object has been classified. It was proposed by Belgian statistician ...

, a method used in cluster analysis *

Silhouette (eyewear) Silhouette International Schmied AG is an eyewear company headquartered in Linz, Austria. Since 2017, the company is a full-service provider for both frames and lenses. Since 2008, the company has been a state-awarded training company. Histor ...

, an Austrian brand of sunglasses and eyeglasses * Silhouette (lingerie), an English manufacturer of women's lingerie *

Silhouette Island Silhouette Island lies northwest of Mahé in the Seychelles. It is the third largest granitic island in the Seychelles. It has an area of 20.1 km2 and has a population of 200, mostly workers on the island. The main settlement is La Passe ...

, in the Seychelles *

Clipping path A clipping path (or "deep etch") is a closed vector path, or shape, used to cut out a 2D image in image editing software. Anything inside the path will be included after the clipping path is applied; anything outside the path will be omitted fro ...

, for clip silhouettes. {{disambiguation