why are some colours commonly found as surnames (white, brown, green) but not others (red, blue, yellow)

Question

And furthermore how does language play a part – I know red (rojas/rossi) is a Spanish and Italian surname but not English

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Answer 1

I’m pretty sure my granddad just went with the Whitest name he could think of getting off The Boat in 1947 and he wasn’t a very creative man.