# Unable to change color of ionic 4 selected text

**URL:** <https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/unable-to-change-color-of-ionic-4-selected-text/166856>\
**Category:** Ionic Framework\
**Created:** [June 21, 2019, 6:40am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/unable-to-change-color-of-ionic-4-selected-text/166856 "2019-06-21T06:40:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![dipankar123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@dipankar123](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/dipankar123)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 6:40am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/unable-to-change-color-of-ionic-4-selected-text/166856/1 "2019-06-21T06:40:11Z")

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Hi All,  
In ionic 4, I am unable to change selected text color from ionic-select  
from developer option i found select-text class reflecting selected text  
i have tried adding color: #488aff to that class  
but changes not reflecting color  
please help

Thanks

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**Author:** ![dipankar123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@dipankar123](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/dipankar123)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 6:59am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/unable-to-change-color-of-ionic-4-selected-text/166856/2 "2019-06-21T06:59:26Z")

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solved.  
add color to ion-select  
it will reflect required color to selected text

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**Author:** ![hyfydistro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@hyfydistro](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/hyfydistro)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/unable-to-change-color-of-ionic-4-selected-text/166856/3 "2021-09-23T14:59:59Z")

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For placeholder, set `opacity` to `1`.

```auto
ion-select::part(placeholder) {
    // add styles here to overwrite
}

```