Ebony facts for kids

Ebony can mean many things:

Ebony (tree), a type of tree
Ebony, a name for the color of the wood of the ebony tree, which is close to black
Ebony (magazine), a magazine for African-American readers
"Ebony and Ivory", a song sung by Stevie Wonder and Sir Paul McCartney

Images for kids

Rough ebony
Ebony label depicting the pharaoh Den, found in his tomb in Abydos, circa 3000 BC
Elephant carvings from Sri Lanka, made from ebony, in this case probably Gabon ebony (Diospyros crassiflora)
Ebony and ivory keys on a piano keyboard
A sculpture in ebony
An ebony clothes brush
Chess set; the black pieces are ebony
Kamagong (ebony) chair
Planks of Gabon ebony (in front)
Violin fingerboard and tuning pegs
A Les Paul Gibson guitar with ebony fretboard