Color mismatch Windows 8.1 and Acrobat X and XI Pro

I am creating a PDF from Excel 2013 using both Acrobat X and Acrobat XI on my ASUS laptop running Windows 8.1. Text that is blue in Excel 2013 looks purple both in the PDF and when viewing the uploaded PDF in Internet Explorer. The text in the PDF looks blue when viewed on other systems running Windows 7, Office 2010 or 2013 and Acrobat X. On the Windows 8.1 laptop, the colors in the same uploaded PDF also look correct when viewed using Google Chrome. There appears to be a compatability/color issue with WIndows 8.1 and Acrobat X and XI. Anyone else run into a similar issue?

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