---
title: placeholderTextColor
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Property
path: appkit/nscolor/placeholdertextcolor
---

# placeholderTextColor

The color to use for placeholder text in controls or text views.

## Declaration

```swift
class var placeholderTextColor: NSColor { get }
```

## See Also

### Text colors

- [textColor](appkit/nscolor/textcolor.md)
- [selectedTextColor](appkit/nscolor/selectedtextcolor.md)
- [textBackgroundColor](appkit/nscolor/textbackgroundcolor.md)
- [selectedTextBackgroundColor](appkit/nscolor/selectedtextbackgroundcolor.md)
- [keyboardFocusIndicatorColor](appkit/nscolor/keyboardfocusindicatorcolor.md)
- [unemphasizedSelectedTextColor](appkit/nscolor/unemphasizedselectedtextcolor.md)
- [unemphasizedSelectedTextBackgroundColor](appkit/nscolor/unemphasizedselectedtextbackgroundcolor.md)