diff --git a/src/theme/components/format-text.scss b/src/theme/components/format-text.scss
index b4aebafba..fd498c32b 100644
--- a/src/theme/components/format-text.scss
+++ b/src/theme/components/format-text.scss
@@ -352,6 +352,17 @@ core-rich-text-editor .core-rte-editor {
         margin-bottom: 10px;
     }
 
+    select {
+        background-color: var(--background-contrast);
+        background-image: url('data:image/svg+xml;charset=US-ASCII,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22292.4%22%20height%3D%22292.4%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23000000%22%20d%3D%22M287%2069.4a17.6%2017.6%200%200%200-13-5.4H18.4c-5%200-9.3%201.8-12.9%205.4A17.6%2017.6%200%200%200%200%2082.2c0%205%201.8%209.3%205.4%2012.9l128%20127.9c3.6%203.6%207.8%205.4%2012.8%205.4s9.2-1.8%2012.8-5.4L287%2095c3.5-3.5%205.4-7.8%205.4-12.8%200-5-1.9-9.2-5.5-12.8z%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E');
+        background-repeat: no-repeat, repeat;
+        background-position: right .7em top 50%, 0 0;
+        background-size: .65em auto, 100%;
+        padding-right: 24px;
+        appearance: none;
+        -webkit-appearance: none;
+    }
+
     input[type=radio],
     input[type=checkbox] {
         position: relative;
@@ -701,3 +712,8 @@ ion-header.ios h1 core-format-text {
         margin-top: -10px;
     }
 }
+
+body.dark core-format-text select,
+body.dark core-rich-text-editor .core-rte-editor select {
+	background-image: url('data:image/svg+xml;charset=US-ASCII,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22292.4%22%20height%3D%22292.4%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23FFFFFF%22%20d%3D%22M287%2069.4a17.6%2017.6%200%200%200-13-5.4H18.4c-5%200-9.3%201.8-12.9%205.4A17.6%2017.6%200%200%200%200%2082.2c0%205%201.8%209.3%205.4%2012.9l128%20127.9c3.6%203.6%207.8%205.4%2012.8%205.4s9.2-1.8%2012.8-5.4L287%2095c3.5-3.5%205.4-7.8%205.4-12.8%200-5-1.9-9.2-5.5-12.8z%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E');
+}