# Ion-select update text colour v4

**URL:** <https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ion-select-update-text-colour-v4/164057>\
**Category:** Ionic Framework\
**Created:** [May 16, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ion-select-update-text-colour-v4/164057 "2019-05-16T14:37:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![amralaa10](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@amralaa10](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/amralaa10)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ion-select-update-text-colour-v4/164057/1 "2019-05-16T14:37:48Z")

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how to change the value text color and the arrow color in ion-select v4 ?

I tried the --color variable but it doesn’t work

```
ion-select {
    width: 100%;
    max-width: 100%;
    --color: #7044ff!important;
}

```

and select-text class as well didn’t work

.select-text {  
font-size: 17px!important;  
color: #7044ff!important;  
}

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**Author:** ![ChrisGriiffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/chrisgriiffith/32/66576_2.png) [@ChrisGriiffith](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/ChrisGriiffith)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ion-select-update-text-colour-v4/164057/2 "2019-05-16T15:38:01Z")

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Is this text color and arrow are you referring to?  
 ![27%20AM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/original/3X/7/a/7ac119e4e85c07c437eb7e370cda522abfc40320.png)  
So, changing both the Hair Color and Brown text and the arrow next to the value (Brown).

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**Author:** ![amralaa10](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@amralaa10](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/amralaa10)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ion-select-update-text-colour-v4/164057/3 "2019-05-16T15:45:04Z")

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Yep trying to change the Brown word colour to value brown