on why do people have last names as a color and how did they get them?

Question

I’ve heard of Green, Brown, Black, White. I’m just curious was to how the originated as a family name? How many more are there?

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Answer 1

Different origins for different people’s. It doesn’t always have a single original definition. Green may be originating in the family’s that lived in the greene’s area of a city. Or it may be a persons that wore plainsclothes of the Browns. Or a group that uses a signature Reds feather on a cap. Or some change from Gandalf the Grey to Gandalf the White.