Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-63.249.41.72-20150316033558/@comment-26019879-20150316200656

You're missing my point. Monty said that the names have to be related to color for US. They're supposed to make US think of colors, not the people in Remnant. To the people in Remnant, they are simply names, unless they CHOSE to name their children for a color.

As for the tradition, Ozpin states that some people decided to do it, not everyone. So while it is a cultural thing for some people, using what Ozpin said as a brush to say that EVERYONE in Remnant has to do it, is foolish.