Change select box option background color

Question

I have a select box and I\'m trying to change the background color of the options when the select box has been clicked and shows all the options.

Answer 1

Similar to some of the answers, but not really stated, is to add a class to the actual option tag and use css classes...this is currently working for me without issue on IE (see above ss).

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CSS:

.greenColor{
    background-color: #33CC33;
}
.redColor{
    background-color: #E60000;
}