diff --git a/examples/webgl_interactive_instances_gpu.html b/examples/webgl_interactive_instances_gpu.html
index 1a919893344dc52a1329fbda7451f49cec0a48e1..cec5b09ae699d19ff7602662572b2301f2647c67 100644
--- a/examples/webgl_interactive_instances_gpu.html
+++ b/examples/webgl_interactive_instances_gpu.html
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@
 				vertexShader: vert,
 				fragmentShader: frag,
 				uniforms: {
-					color: new THREE.Uniform( 'c', new THREE.Color() ).onUpdate( updateColor )
+					color: new THREE.Uniform( new THREE.Color() ).onUpdate( updateColor )
 				}
 			} );
 			materialList.push( material );
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@
 				vertexShader: "#define PICKING\n" + vert,
 				fragmentShader: "#define PICKING\n" + frag,
 				uniforms: {
-					pickingColor: new THREE.Uniform( 'c', new THREE.Color() ).onUpdate( updatePickingColor )
+					pickingColor: new THREE.Uniform( new THREE.Color() ).onUpdate( updatePickingColor )
 				}
 			} );
 			materialList.push( pickingMaterial );
diff --git a/src/core/Uniform.js b/src/core/Uniform.js
index 78ecf7c59f06ae96351ab3276baab4942b80765c..e13a5a0b27a9c3ada9ee017964941b8d30017e6e 100644
--- a/src/core/Uniform.js
+++ b/src/core/Uniform.js
@@ -2,9 +2,15 @@
  * @author mrdoob / http://mrdoob.com/
  */
 
-THREE.Uniform = function ( type, value ) {
+THREE.Uniform = function ( value ) {
+
+	if ( typeof value === 'string' ) {
+
+		console.warn( 'THREE.Uniform: Type parameter is no longer needed.' );
+		value = arguments[ 1 ];
+
+	}
 
-	this.type = type;
 	this.value = value;
 
 	this.dynamic = false;