diff --git a/resources/css/components.css b/resources/css/components.css
index 4216cc33..5aba67ca 100644
--- a/resources/css/components.css
+++ b/resources/css/components.css
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 @import './components/toggle.css';
 @import './components/chip.css';
 @import './components/chip-set.css';
+@import './components/choices.css';
 
 /* Containment */
 
diff --git a/resources/css/components/choices.css b/resources/css/components/choices.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..18391cec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/css/components/choices.css
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * <x-choices>: choosing from a list, as M3's filter chips or as a searchable field with a menu
+ * (resources/views/components/choices.blade.php).
+ *
+ * Almost nothing of its own to draw: the chips are <x-chip-set>'s and <x-chip>'s, the searchable
+ * field is <x-field>'s with its arrow turning over while the list is open (components/field.css),
+ * and the open list is M3's menu, drawn by components/menu.css on `data-md-field-menu` and
+ * `data-md-field-option`. What is left is the row that says nothing matches: body-medium in
+ * on-surface-variant, padded like a menu row (16px across, 12px down).
+ *
+ *   [data-md-choices]            the root; data-md-searchable
+ *     [data-md-choices-empty]    the list's "Nothing matches" row
+ */
+
+@layer material.reset, material.tokens, material.base, material.layout, material.components, material.text, material.visibility;
+
+@import './field.css';
+@import './icon.css';
+@import './chip-set.css';
+@import './chip.css';
+/* TODO(step 36): @import './menu.css' once the menu leaves Tailwind (actions stream); its field-menu rules draw the open list. */
+
+@layer material.components {
+    [data-md-choices-empty] {
+        padding: 12px var(--md-sys-measurement-space200);
+        color: var(--md-sys-color-on-surface-variant);
+        font: var(--md-sys-typescale-body-md);
+        letter-spacing: var(--md-sys-typescale-body-md-tracking);
+        font-variation-settings: normal;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/resources/views/components/choices.blade.php b/resources/views/components/choices.blade.php
index b74c1873..1c66c8eb 100644
--- a/resources/views/components/choices.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/components/choices.blade.php
@@ -19,7 +19,12 @@
      string: a list of integers stays a list of integers. Without `wire:model` it works on its own
      and binds with `x-model`. Errors for the property and its items replace the hint. When the
      options change on the server, give the component a `wire:key` that changes with them: the
-     options are baked into its Alpine state. --}}
+     options are baked into its Alpine state.
+
+     The root renders `data-md-choices` (and `data-md-searchable`); the chips are `<x-chip-set>`'s, the
+     field `<x-field>`'s, and the open list M3's menu (resources/css/components/menu.css, as
+     `data-md-field-menu` and `data-md-field-option`). resources/css/components/choices.css brings
+     them together. --}}
 
 @props([
     'label' => null,
@@ -64,7 +69,9 @@
 
 @if ($searchable)
     <div
-        {{ $attributes->only(['class', 'wire:key', 'x-model']) }}
+        data-md-choices
+        data-md-searchable
+        {{ $attributes->only(['class', 'style', 'wire:key', 'x-model']) }}
         x-data="{
             @if ($model !== null) value: @entangle($attributes->wire('model')), @else value: @js($current), @endif
             options: @js($choices),
@@ -187,12 +194,13 @@
                     <x-livewire-material::icon name="check" data-md-field-check />
                 </li>
             </template>
-            <li x-show="filtered.length === 0" class="px-4 py-3 type-body-md text-on-surface-variant">{{ __('Nothing matches') }}</li>
+            <li x-show="filtered.length === 0" data-md-choices-empty>{{ __('Nothing matches') }}</li>
         </ul>
     </div>
 @else
     <div
-        {{ $attributes->only(['class', 'wire:key', 'x-model']) }}
+        data-md-choices
+        {{ $attributes->only(['class', 'style', 'wire:key', 'x-model']) }}
         x-data="{
             @if ($model !== null) selection: @entangle($attributes->wire('model')), @else selection: @js($current ?? ($single ? null : [])), @endif
             options: @js(array_column($choices, 'value')),
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Components/ChoicesTest.php b/tests/Feature/Components/ChoicesTest.php
index d2234a4e..2cfbe5a7 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/Components/ChoicesTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/Components/ChoicesTest.php
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ it('lays every option out as a filter chip', function () {
     $html = (string) $this->blade('<x-choices label="Days" hint="Pick any" :value="[2]" :options="[[\'id\' => 1, \'name\' => \'Mon\'], [\'id\' => 2, \'name\' => \'Tue\'], [\'id\' => 3, \'name\' => \'Wed\', \'disabled\' => true]]" />');
 
     expect($html)
+        ->toMatch('/<div\\s+data-md-choices\\s/')
+        ->not->toContain('data-md-searchable')
         ->toContain('role="group"')
         ->toContain('Days')
         ->toContain('Pick any')
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ it('draws a searchable combobox with a popover list', function () {
     $html = (string) $this->blade('<x-choices id="zone" label="Time zone" searchable icon="public" value="Europe/Zurich" :options="[[\'id\' => \'Europe/Zurich\', \'name\' => \'Zurich\']]" />');
 
     expect($html)
+        ->toMatch('/<div\\s+data-md-choices\\s+data-md-searchable\\s/')
         ->toContain('role="combobox"')
         ->toContain('aria-controls="zone-list"')
         ->toContain('aria-expanded="false"')
@@ -55,7 +58,10 @@ it('draws a searchable combobox with a popover list', function () {
         // WAI-ARIA's combobox keyboard, Home and End included.
         ->toContain('x-on:keydown.home="jump($event, false)"')
         ->toContain('x-on:keydown.end="jump($event, true)"')
-        ->toContain('Nothing matches');
+        ->toContain('<li x-show="filtered.length === 0" data-md-choices-empty>Nothing matches</li>')
+        ->toContain('data-md-field-menu')
+        ->toContain('data-md-field-option')
+        ->not->toContain('class=');
 
     preg_match('/anchor-name: (--material-choices-[a-z0-9]{10})/', $html, $anchor);
 
@@ -92,3 +98,13 @@ it('shows the errors for the property and its items', function () {
         ->toContain('Choose a time zone.')
         ->toContain('aria-invalid="true"');
 });
+
+it('brings the stylesheets of what it renders, and draws its empty row', function () {
+    $css = (string) file_get_contents(__DIR__.'/../../../resources/css/components/choices.css');
+
+    expect($css)->toContain("@import './field.css';")
+        ->toContain("@import './chip-set.css';")
+        ->toContain("@import './chip.css';")
+        ->toContain('[data-md-choices-empty] {')
+        ->and((string) file_get_contents(__DIR__.'/../../../resources/css/components.css'))->toContain("@import './components/choices.css';");
+});