Is there any particular reason why so many English speakers have surnames that are also colors (Brown, Green, White, Black, etc)?

by International_Bat851
SoggySeaman

This was previously asked here, garnering what I found to be a somewhat inaccessible discussion albeit with some interesting detail, featuring responses from u/random-dent and u/tim-mcdaniel.

This was again asked a few months ago with u/proto_Spark providing some links to related discussions (including the above-mentioned).

Having said that, I shall join you in looking forward to seeing what more we can learn on this topic.