Colorwashed 

Movie and TV Show industries is a casting practice in the which non-white actors actress are being cast in historically white character roles or scripted for white characters are Color-washed are.

Comic and Video games industries is a design practice in which non-white are Color-washed are historically white character roles or scripted for white characters.

Jimmy Olsen character is white but was colorwashed by Network, but his actor is black by TV-show casting director.

Colorwashed by Anti-ColorwashedandWhitewashed August 8, 2019

colorwashing 

using a person of color to portray a white character

James Olsen in the Supergirl TV show is an example of colorwashing because he is a white character portrayed by a black actor

colorwashing by ZZydrate17>40 July 8, 2019

Colorwashing 

In film and TV when historically or canonically white characters are portrayed by people of color for the sake of diversity. This does not fall under the scope of "colorblind casting" because though colorwashing is accepted and even encouraged in the industry, the reverse (casting white people into historically or canonically people of color roles) is extremely frowned upon.

Jack: "Hey, did you hear that they're gonna cast a black James Bond?"
Tom: "Yeah, it's just a bunch of colorwashing."

Colorwashing by md552 January 29, 2022