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Though, it is true that Monty himself outright said that every single character in the show follows the color naming rule, except Ozpin "for reasons." Those reasons most likely being that Ozpin is over 80 years old.

As for why Weiss is mispronounced and the thing about Yang and Ren... Monty addressed that, too. He said that since countries like Germany and China don't exist in Remnant, their names aren't going to be pronounced the way they are in those countries' languages. I assume this also means they won't always follow those countries' naming order. Also, just gonna point out Yang, Lie, and Jaune are also mispronounced.

As for your questions on how those other characters follow the color name rule...

Remember that the color naming rule is that the name (any part of the name. First name, last name, both, both combined. If both are colors, they don't have to be the same colors.) has to live up to one or more of the following requirements:


 * Be a color


 * Mean a color


 * Sound like a color


 * Make people think of a color

This lends a lot of flexibility to naming characters. You were confused about the following characters:


 * Summer Rose - Some people refer to white roses as summer roses, so her name can bring to mind white. The name Summer can bring to mind summery colors, which can include green. The name Rose can bring to mind roses of various colors, such as red, white, and yellow. If Summer Rose really is the white cloaked figure from the volume 1 opening, I assume her color is supposed to be white.


 * Peter Port - Peter is a type of gray stone.


 * Bartholomew Oobleck - Bartholomew can mean hill, mound, and furrows. This can bring to mind green, if you're picturing grassy green hills. Oobleck is the green goo from the Dr. Seuss book Bartholomew and the Oobleck, which is the classic story that he alludes to.


 * James Ironwood - Iron is a silver-colored metal, and wood is most often brown. I honestly don't understand how people keep getting confused about this one.