Мураками Харуки, Murakami Haruki: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

Tsukuru Tazaki had four best friends at school. By chance all of their names contained a colour. The two boys were called Akamatsu, meaning 'red pine', and Oumi, 'blue sea', while the girls' names were Shirane, 'white root', and Kurono, 'black field'. .