Why does this code not work?

Question

I only changed two of the color names but even the original does not produce the pull down datalist.

The original code only produces a box to receive input.

input id="car" type="text" list="colors" />
<datalist id="colors">
<option value="Red">
<option value="Purple">
<option value="Blue">
</datalist>

Answer 1

It looks like your input tag is missing the opening <. Why don't you use this instead?
<select>
<option value="Red">Red</option>
<option value="Purple">Purple</option>
<option value="Blue">Blue</option>
</select>