diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0f3fd7822..de3b91cd4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
+- Render native `<select>` option lists in the dark UI palette. The closed
+  controls were already skinned, but the browser-painted popups fell back to the
+  platform light palette, leaving near-white option text on a white surface in
+  the HUD layout, Scenes, CCTV camera, Radio filter and Draw colour menus.
+
 - Distinguish PARTIAL vessel snapshots from STALE data in the layer panel, with
   accepted-record counts and unchanged retention, freshness and outage safeguards.
 
diff --git a/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md b/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
index b5727f353..97e88dbd7 100644
--- a/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
+++ b/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # God's Eye View Current State
 
+Native `<select>` controls declare a dark colour scheme and explicit option
+colours, so the browser-painted option list matches the panel it drops out of.
+The scheme is declared on the controls rather than on the document root, so
+hand-tuned scrollbar and text-input skins are unchanged. Applies to the HUD
+layout, Scenes, CCTV camera, Radio filter and Draw colour menus.
+
 Vessel snapshot completeness is separate from freshness. A current snapshot with
 rejected or duplicate records shows PARTIAL with accepted/received counts; stale
 or unknown freshness and transport failures retain their warnings. Partial
diff --git a/src/ui/styles/foundation.css b/src/ui/styles/foundation.css
index 828eb9922..2d374b2c6 100644
--- a/src/ui/styles/foundation.css
+++ b/src/ui/styles/foundation.css
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
   --text-primary: #e8eaed;
   --text-secondary: rgba(232, 234, 237, 0.5);
   --text-dim: rgba(232, 234, 237, 0.3);
+  /* Opaque surface for browser-painted menus, which cannot use --glass-bg. */
+  --menu-bg: #12121c;
   --font-mono: 'JetBrains Mono', 'SF Mono', 'Fira Code', monospace;
   --font-sans: 'Inter', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif;
   --panel-radius: 16px;
@@ -69,6 +71,26 @@
   outline-offset: 2px;
 }
 
+/* Native `<select>` popups are painted by the browser, not by this sheet: the
+   closed control inherits its panel skin, but the option list falls back to the
+   platform's light palette unless the control declares a scheme. Declare it on
+   the controls rather than on :root so the app keeps its own hand-tuned
+   scrollbar and input skins, and set the option colors explicitly because the
+   popup surface is not themed on every platform. */
+select {
+  color-scheme: dark;
+}
+
+select option,
+select optgroup {
+  background-color: var(--menu-bg);
+  color: var(--text-primary);
+}
+
+select option:disabled {
+  color: var(--text-dim);
+}
+
 html,
 body {
   width: 100%;