How do I change the background color of the main cell of a html dropdown?

Question

To put it very simple, I want to change the background color of the main field (not sure what else to call it, it's the field marked in red in the example) of a HTML element. I do not want to change the background color of the dropdown fields.

Is this possible? If so, how?

Source code:

<select>
   <option>Item 1</option>
   <option>Item 2</option>
   <option>Item 3</option>
</select>

Answer 1

One way would be to style de select and the option

option{
  background-color: white;
}

select { 
  background-color: yellow;
}

<select>
   <option value="3">tewe</option>
   <option value="8">eerer</option>
   <option value="5">ererere</option>
</select>