how to change color of option tag in select

[kummu4help]

can i use like this

<select name="test" >
<option value="1">option</option>
<option value="2"><p style="background-color:#FF0055;">again</p></option>
</select>

i don't want to use style in the option tag.
because i am getting the option text from database.
so i want to apply style to the text only.

because i have no chance to use styles in the option tag. that is strictly avoided by my existing code.i am allowed to do changes to the text part only.
i am not allowed to touch option tag or select tag.

i tried like this also

<option value="2"><font color=red>again</font></option>

any help pls...

[Dormilich]

it would be helpful if you could add an id attribute to every option tag. this would make applying CSS a piece of cake.

if that's not possible, I can only think of Javascript to solve that.

besides that, <option> must only contain text (aka #PCDATA).