IOS 4.1 - Calendar Colors Muted

After the update yesterday, I opened my IPhone calendar to find that the colors were muted with a 'faded' look. The bright colors that previously appeared on my phone/mobileme have changed dramatically.
The change is not subtle and is very unattractive.
Note: The colors for each calendar are correct- they have just faded drastically. All other colors on my phone remain crisp.
Anyone else with this problem?

The colours now are horrible. You just get used to something being one way for 2 years, then they go and screw it up. It wouldn't be so bad if I could pick my own slightly less disgusting colours, but it just randomly assigns them. This one is getting a complaint back to Apple, form me. I hope the millions of other iPhone users do the same. After all, Steve said he loves his customers and wants to keep us happy.
Oh, and it took 4 tried to download the update. Thats 2GB of my data I'll never get back this month.

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