diff --git a/IPython/core/pylabtools.py b/IPython/core/pylabtools.py
index 265958e..5f00e92 100644
--- a/IPython/core/pylabtools.py
+++ b/IPython/core/pylabtools.py
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ def print_figure(fig, fmt='png', bbox_inches='tight', **kwargs):
     # build keyword args
     kw = dict(
         format=fmt,
-        fc=fig.get_facecolor(),
-        ec=fig.get_edgecolor(),
+        facecolor=fig.get_facecolor(),
+        edgecolor=fig.get_edgecolor(),
         dpi=dpi,
         bbox_inches=bbox_inches,
     )