Eddie Russett

The main character in Shades of Grey, Eddie travels to East Carmine as part of his punishment for playing a prank on another student. Eddie is from Jade-under-Lime in Green Sector West. Throughout The Road to High Saffron, he suspects he has enough Red to qualify to be a Prefect (70%); his Ishihara test reveals him to be 86.7%.

Family
Eddie's mother died of the Mildew. His father Holden Russett is a Swatchman. He has no siblings.

Friends
Eddie befriends Tommo when he arrives in East Carmine, though he eventually learns not to trust him.

Romance
Eddie is half-promised to Constance Oxblood, a girl in Jade-under-Lime, but their relationship ends when he becomes inadvertently attached to Violet deMauve. He is in love with Jane Brunswick and the two were engaged until her Ishihara test revealed her to be a Green; complementary colours are not allowed to marry.