Color difference between desktop and laptop

I have keynote presentation with some diagrams in .jpg format on a background of 25 25 25 RGB values in Photoshop. On my desktop, I set my background slide color to 25 25 25 in keynote, and the images blend very nicely into the background. I transfer the Keynote to my laptop, and now, even though the slide background color is the same as on the desktop, the .jpg images appear lighter than the background.
How can I make them appear the same on the laptop and desktop (blended in...)?
Thanks for any help,
A

Have you tried recalibrating your displays? Go to System Preferences / Displays / Color and click the calibrate button for each display.

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