Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-63.249.41.72-20150316033558/@comment-31.205.73.160-20150316034732

Artistic license? Willing suspension of disbelief? After all, if you want to be really nit-picky, why does everyone speak English? For artistic license and ease of use, rather than creating a completely fictional language.

And it isn't just first names - surnames count as well (Oobleck is derived from Dr Seuss I believe, Ironwood - iron bringing to mind grey) And the convention doesn't have to be followed - it's a cultural practice but it doesn't mean everyone follows it, hence why we have some very common names that aren't related to colours. Ozpin, for example, has no colour relation