Have you ever tried to change the input or textarea placeholder color in your page using CSS?
From IE 10+ and with most of the browsers you can do this, using separated rules for each browser (not compatible with Opera):
::-webkit-input-placeholder { /* WebKit browsers */ color: #ddd; } :-moz-placeholder { /* Mozilla Firefox 4 to 18 */ color: #ddd; } ::-moz-placeholder { /* Mozilla Firefox 19+ */ color: #ddd; } :-ms-input-placeholder { /* Internet Explorer 10+ */ color: #ddd; }
If you have a compatible browser, you see below an input field of type “search” with the text in red: