diff --git a/select2.css b/select2.css
index f27067e3..3eae7318 100644
--- a/select2.css
+++ b/select2.css
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ Version: @@ver@@ Timestamp: @@timestamp@@
     background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(center bottom, #eeeeee 0%, white 50%);
     background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(center bottom, #eeeeee 0%, white 50%);
     background-image: -o-linear-gradient(bottom, #eeeeee 0%, #ffffff 50%);
-    background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #eeeeee 0%, #ffffff 50%);
-    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr = '#eeeeee', endColorstr = '#ffffff', GradientType = 0);
-    background-image: linear-gradient(top, #eeeeee 0%, #ffffff 50%);
+    background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #ffffff 0%, #eeeeee 50%);
+    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr = '#ffffff', endColorstr = '#eeeeee', GradientType = 0);
+    background-image: linear-gradient(top, #ffffff 0%, #eeeeee 50%);
 }
 
 .select2-container.select2-drop-above .select2-choice {
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Version: @@ver@@ Timestamp: @@timestamp@@
     background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(center bottom, #eeeeee 0%, white 90%);
     background-image: -o-linear-gradient(bottom, #eeeeee 0%, white 90%);
     background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #eeeeee 0%,#ffffff 90%);
-    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#eeeeee', endColorstr='#ffffff',GradientType=0 );
+    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#ffffff', endColorstr='#eeeeee',GradientType=0 );
     background-image: linear-gradient(top, #eeeeee 0%,#ffffff 90%);
 }
 
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ Version: @@ver@@ Timestamp: @@timestamp@@
     background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(center bottom, #ccc 0%, #eee 60%);
     background-image: -o-linear-gradient(bottom, #ccc 0%, #eee 60%);
     background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #cccccc 0%, #eeeeee 60%);
-    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr = '#cccccc', endColorstr = '#eeeeee', GradientType = 0);
+    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr = '#eeeeee', endColorstr = '#cccccc', GradientType = 0);
     background-image: linear-gradient(top, #cccccc 0%, #eeeeee 60%);
 }
 
@@ -274,13 +274,14 @@ Version: @@ver@@ Timestamp: @@timestamp@@
     background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(center bottom, white 0%, #eeeeee 50%);
     background-image: -o-linear-gradient(bottom, white 0%, #eeeeee 50%);
     background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #ffffff 0%,#eeeeee 50%);
-    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#ffffff', endColorstr='#eeeeee',GradientType=0 );
+    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#eeeeee', endColorstr='#ffffff',GradientType=0 );
     background-image: linear-gradient(top, #ffffff 0%,#eeeeee 50%);
 }
 
 .select2-dropdown-open .select2-choice div {
     background: transparent;
     border-left: none;
+    filter: none;
 }
 .select2-dropdown-open .select2-choice div b {
     background-position: -18px 1px;
@@ -485,7 +486,7 @@ disabled look for already selected choices in the results dropdown
             background-clip: padding-box;
 
     background-color: #e4e4e4;
-    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#f4f4f4', endColorstr='#eeeeee', GradientType=0 );
+    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#eeeeee', endColorstr='#f4f4f4', GradientType=0 );
     background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0%, 0% 100%, color-stop(20%, #f4f4f4), color-stop(50%, #f0f0f0), color-stop(52%, #e8e8e8), color-stop(100%, #eeeeee));
     background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #f4f4f4 20%, #f0f0f0 50%, #e8e8e8 52%, #eeeeee 100%);
     background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #f4f4f4 20%, #f0f0f0 50%, #e8e8e8 52%, #eeeeee 100%);