For Josephine, living in a world where abnegation is a way of life and selfishness is a crime punishable by death or jail, bleakness seems to rule all. Colour is banned and punishments are extreme. Josephine is one of the few people, named Spectrum Rebels, who are fascinated by colour and living life instead of just existing, a dangerous passion that is certain to lead to an early grave or at least a prison sentence. Because of this thought looming above her and her extremely strict parents, Josephine is scared and rather unwilling to ditch her empty life and live the way she wants to, playing with the law and the police. That is, until Josephine meets a certain boy with green hair while stealing paint, who so happens to be determined to help her on her way to Spectrum Rebellion and showing her who she truly is inside.