diff --git a/examples/statistics/barchart_demo.py b/examples/statistics/barchart_demo.py
index f4798cb428e8..8225bda88d8b 100644
--- a/examples/statistics/barchart_demo.py
+++ b/examples/statistics/barchart_demo.py
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@
 
 fig, ax = plt.subplots()
 rects1 = ax.bar(ind - width/2, men_means, width, yerr=men_std,
-                color='SkyBlue', label='Men')
+                color='skyblue', label='Men')
 rects2 = ax.bar(ind + width/2, women_means, width, yerr=women_std,
-                color='IndianRed', label='Women')
+                color='indianred', label='Women')
 
 # Add some text for labels, title and custom x-axis tick labels, etc.
 ax.set_ylabel('Scores')
diff --git a/examples/ticks_and_spines/tick-locators.py b/examples/ticks_and_spines/tick-locators.py
index 072d5e9ec9ce..7586739558a7 100644
--- a/examples/ticks_and_spines/tick-locators.py
+++ b/examples/ticks_and_spines/tick-locators.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def setup(ax):
 # Index Locator
 ax = plt.subplot(n, 1, 5)
 setup(ax)
-ax.plot(range(0, 5), [0]*5, color='White')
+ax.plot(range(0, 5), [0]*5, color='white')
 ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.IndexLocator(base=.5, offset=.25))
 ax.text(0.0, 0.1, "IndexLocator(base=0.5, offset=0.25)",
         fontsize=14, transform=ax.transAxes)