diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 14a543291..ceafebac2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 :wrench: **Fixes**
 
+- Fix appearance of the select element for more consistency between browsers and OS ([Issue 527](https://github.com/nhsuk/nhsuk-service-manual-community-backlog/issues/527))
 - Fix appearance of disabled warning buttons ([Issue 1034]([https://github.com/nhsuk/nhsuk-service-manual-community-backlog/issues/1034]))
 - Fix reverse button text colour ([PR 1080]([https://github.com/nhsuk/nhsuk-frontend/pull/1080]))
 - Fix details component requiring html param in uppercase ([PR 1090](https://github.com/nhsuk/nhsuk-frontend/pull/1090), [Issue 1089](https://github.com/nhsuk/nhsuk-frontend/issues/1089))
diff --git a/packages/components/select/_select.scss b/packages/components/select/_select.scss
index 1e8411904..5e2f714a9 100644
--- a/packages/components/select/_select.scss
+++ b/packages/components/select/_select.scss
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@
 .nhsuk-select {
   @include nhsuk-font(19);
 
+  background-color: $color_nhsuk-white;
   border: $nhsuk-border-width-form-element solid $nhsuk-form-border-color;
   box-sizing: border-box;
+  color: $color-nhsuk-black;
   height: 2.5rem; /* [1] */
   min-width: 20ex + 3ex; /* [2] */
   max-width: 100%;
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