diff --git a/custom.css b/custom.css
index f11b07a..75861b4 100644
--- a/custom.css
+++ b/custom.css
@@ -95,3 +95,15 @@ button, .button, input[type="submit"] {
 button:hover, .button:hover, input[type="submit"]:hover {
   background: #14699a;
 }
+
+/* Example answers in a field read as examples: a warm grey at about
+   3:1 against the field, well below the near-black of what a person
+   types (18:1). Portal's own rule uses --ink-dim, which on this skin
+   is almost as dark as the text. Same selectors as portal's, so the
+   rich-text fields match the plain ones. */
+::placeholder,
+.prosekit-editor .prosekit-placeholder::before,
+.prosekit-editor.prosekit-placeholder::before {
+  color: #9b9478;
+  opacity: 1;
+}