Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-17720343-20130828002050/@comment-10390252-20130829144018

Angren Túrë wrote: TheNewProtagonist wrote: I think it's more or less established that Ruby's silver eyes have SOME kind of significance to the plot. we just don't know what that is.

But what I want to know is: what is that significance to OZPIN? Does it mean something different to him in particular or does he actually know what's so special about Ruby? I'm telling you, he knew her parents. Or Ozpin knows the legend of her great-great-grandmother, Summer Rose, who also had silver eyes, from when she went into battle beside General Arc during The War. Remember, as the Headmaster of Beacon, he might have access to historical records that are not known to the general public (even her descendents), including portraits of Summer Rose.

On TV Tropes.org, they noted that grey eyes sometimes were used to represent true innocence before it became more common for blue eyes to symbolise that trait. Given Monty's comment that one reason for Ruby's fearlessness in battle is her innocence about death, I personally think that her grey eyes are being used to symbolise innocence.