diff --git a/src/common-components/dropdown-question/dropdown-question.vue b/src/common-components/dropdown-question/dropdown-question.vue
index bef238272..b38e63c0d 100644
--- a/src/common-components/dropdown-question/dropdown-question.vue
+++ b/src/common-components/dropdown-question/dropdown-question.vue
@@ -30,15 +30,11 @@ export default {
     margin-bottom: .25rem;
   }
   .form-select {
-    color: $gray-500;
+    color: $gray-600;
     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;
     min-height: 3rem;
-    option[selected] {
-      color: $gray-500;
-      background-color: red;
-    }
     &:focus,
     &:focus-visible {
       box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px $blue;