diff --git a/scss/components/_dropdown.scss b/scss/components/_dropdown.scss
index 10ead9da..c0efaac4 100644
--- a/scss/components/_dropdown.scss
+++ b/scss/components/_dropdown.scss
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@
         border: var(#{$✨}border-width) solid var(#{$✨}form-element-border-color);
         border-radius: var(#{$✨}border-radius);
         background-color: var(#{$✨}form-element-background-color);
+        color: var(#{$✨}form-element-placeholder-color);
         line-height: inherit;
         cursor: pointer;