Definitely he or she is still very black here.

In many places zwarte piet now has charcoal smudges over the face, because she or he climbs in and out of chimneys to deliver presents to kids.

Strange fact, on Curacao zwarte Piet is painted extra black and Sinterklaas is painted white [0], at least on some occasions.

[0] https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=curacao+zwarte+piet&iax=ima...

Original black face will go away (which makes me happy), but not over night.

Last i saw the government would no longer subsidize any sinterklaas (NL version of xmas) event or parade where the traditional Piet costume was used. They now dress as "Soot Piet" and instead of blackface it's more of a coal-worker-after-a-long-day look.