Titles in Premiere render washed out.

I don't usually use Premiere for titles, but current project necessitates I used the titling tool. Because of time constraints I'm hoping this is a quick fix.
I notice that my titles render their color perfectly and vibrantly in the title edit panel. But when I look at the sequence in the program monitor, it shows up awfully washed out. I've checked opacity settings, in both the titler and for the track. Both are at 100%. No blend mode effects that I know off.
Is there any setting, quality setting, or some other that I might need to check/uncheck to get the titles to hold up well?
Thanks!
Stephen
Using PPro cs5.5.

Try turning off hardware acceleration.

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