please refer to my thread where @matthew-nolan-oracle helped
https://forums.oracle.com/ords/apexds/post/how-to-change-font-color-of-a-text-item-placeholder-4211
but now as per requirement I changed its Appearance → Template to Required - Floating and it come back to its previous look, I can't see the Label as it should be. How to overcome this situation? user can see the Labels here.

regards