diff --git a/src/common-components/dropdown-question/dropdown-question.vue b/src/common-components/dropdown-question/dropdown-question.vue
index 7793a01ad..bef238272 100644
--- a/src/common-components/dropdown-question/dropdown-question.vue
+++ b/src/common-components/dropdown-question/dropdown-question.vue
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <div class="dropdown-question">
     <label :for="inputId" class="form-label">{{labelText}}</label>
     <select class="form-select" aria-label="Default select example" :id="inputId" :aria-disabled="isDisabled" :disabled="isDisabled" :aria-required="isRequired">
-      <option selected>Open this select menu</option>
+      <option selected>Placeholder</option>
       <option value="1">One</option>
       <option value="2">Two</option>
       <option value="3">Three</option>
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ export default {
     margin-bottom: .25rem;
   }
   .form-select {
+    color: $gray-500;
     background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=UTF-8,%3csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 16 8.89' xml:space='preserve'%3e%3cpath d='M8 8.89c-.24 0-.46-.09-.63-.26L.26 1.53a.901.901 0 0 1 0-1.27C.43.1.66 0 .9 0s.47.1.64.26L8 6.74 14.47.27c.17-.17.4-.27.64-.27s.47.1.63.27c.17.17.26.4.26.64s-.1.47-.27.63l-7.1 7.09a.86.86 0 0 1-.63.26z' fill='%231474a2'/%3e%3c/svg%3e");
     border: 1px solid $gray-500;
     border-radius: .5rem;
@@ -46,7 +47,6 @@ export default {
     &.disabled {
       background-color: $gray-100;
       filter: grayscale(100%);
-      opacity: .65;
       &:hover {
         box-shadow: 0 0 0 4px transparent;
         border: 1px solid $gray-500;