Lieutenant Green pointing out that Lieutenant Green – and the other non-white regulars, Melody and Harmony Angels – are heroic characters of African and Asian backgrounds. Green's original voice actor, Cy Grant, considered "Captain Scarlet" to be of positive multicultural value and commented on its possible allegorical nature. With regard to dualism, he suggested that "the 'darkness' of the Mysterons is most easily seen as the psychological rift—the struggle of 'good' and 'evil' — of the Western world as personified by Colonel White and his team. Dark and light are but aspects of each other. Incidentally, green is the colour of nature
Lieutenant Green primary Mysteron agent Captain Black "face-to-face". Other Cloudbase personnel assist White whenever the Lieutenant is absent. The character's voice was provided by Guyanese actor and singer Cy Grant, on whom the puppet's appearance was based. He was known to the series creators, Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, for his regular calypso musical contributions to the current affairs programme "Tonight". In the remake series, Green (born Serena Lewis) is re-imagined as a 27-year-old, female, African-American officer, originally from Texas. She remains confined to Skybase (the new series' Cloudbase), but her desk is smaller and her computer uses holographic technology. She is knowledgeable