diff --git a/src/material-examples/progress-spinner-configurable/progress-spinner-configurable-example.html b/src/material-examples/progress-spinner-configurable/progress-spinner-configurable-example.html
index 8dcc52802e9..1ba3183aceb 100644
--- a/src/material-examples/progress-spinner-configurable/progress-spinner-configurable-example.html
+++ b/src/material-examples/progress-spinner-configurable/progress-spinner-configurable-example.html
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 
     <md-progress-spinner
         class="example-margin"
-        [attr.color]="color"
+        [color]="color"
         [mode]="mode"
         [value]="value">
     </md-progress-spinner>