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HTML

<form>
    <select required>
        <option disabled hidden selected value="">Select an option &hellip;</option>
        <option value="1">Option 1</option>
        <option value="2">Option 2</option>
    </select>
</form>

CSS

select:invalid{color:gray;}
option{color:black;}