JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by pj_js15
HTML
<select id="select">
<option style="color:gray" value="null">select one option</option>
<option value="1" class="others">one</option>
<option value="2" class="others">two</option>
</select>
CSS
.others {color:red}
JavaScript
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#select').css('color','gray');
$('#select').change(function() {
var current = $('#select').val();
if (current != 'null') {
$('#select').css('color','black');
} else {
$('#select').css('color','gray');
}
});
});