Castizo

thumb|The child of a Spaniards|Spaniard (right) and a mestiza (middle) is a castiza. By Miguel Cabrera. (1763)

Castizo (fem. Castiza) is a racial category used in Spanish America to refer to people who are three-quarters Spanish and one-quarter Amerindian. The category of castizo was widely recognized by the 18th century in colonial Mexico and was a standard category portrayed in eighteenth-century casta paintings.