Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-165.161.9.25-20141118154631/@comment-25399914-20141118170838

According to interviews eye colour is significant and a lot of people eye colours change (not just the more obvious changes seen with Yang and Neo).

Nothing much has been said to my knowledge about why Ruby's eyes being silver are important and have generally gone along with the Ozpin knew one of Ruby's ancestors (probably Summer) theory stated above.