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HTML

<textarea placeholder="Message" name="" class="message" cols="30" rows="10"></textarea>

<textarea placeholder="Message 2" name="" class="" cols="30" rows="10"></textarea>

CSS

.message::-webkit-input-placeholder {
   color: red;
    padding-top: 100px;
}

.message::-moz-input-placeholder {
   color: red;
    padding-top: 100px;
}

.message:-moz-input-placeholder {
   color: red;
    padding-top: 100px;
}

.message:-ms-input-placeholder {
   color: red;
    padding-top: 100px;
}