Style default value in dropdown list
<p>I only have basic knowledge of CSS and have tried to implement some methods I found online but have been unsuccessful. I have an html drop down element which shows the months:</p>

<pre><code>&lt;select id="myid"&gt;
&lt;option value="" selected="selected"&gt;Month&lt;/option&gt;
&lt;option value="JAN"&gt;JAN&lt;/option&gt;
&lt;option value="FEB"&gt;FEB&lt;/option&gt;
&lt;option value="MAR"&gt;MAR&lt;/option&gt;
&lt;option value="APR"&gt;APR&lt;/option&gt;
&lt;option value="MAY"&gt;MAY&lt;/option&gt;
&lt;option value="JUN"&gt;JUN&lt;/option&gt;
&lt;option value="JUL"&gt;JUL&lt;/option&gt;
&lt;option value="AUG"&gt;AUG&lt;/option&gt;
&lt;option value="SEP"&gt;SEP&lt;/option&gt;
&lt;option value="OCT"&gt;OCT&lt;/option&gt;
&lt;option value="NOV"&gt;NOV&lt;/option&gt;
&lt;option value="DEC"&gt;DEC&lt;/option&gt;
&lt;/select&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>The <em>Month</em> value is the default placeholder. Since it is just a placeholder I would like this to be a different color than the rest of the legitimate values. How can I style this specific value?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>