diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/note_form.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/note_form.scss
index c2371d7998932e896daf75dd994516b0b5dbad98..2f6d172568bb70607ad5bb8d5aee996b9ba4acb8 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/note_form.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/note_form.scss
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 .note-textarea {
   display: block;
   padding: 10px 0;
+  color: $gl-gray;
   font-family: $regular_font;
   border: 0;