User blog comment:FinalWholockianGrrlGamer/Headcanon: Ruby's Silver Eyes, Qrow, and Ozpin/@comment-10380701-20131213002219

Or y'know, from a literary standpoint: The symbol of innocence.

It's been done in Ye Olde days several times.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GrayEyes