Aperture color profile

I went to Dallas Blooms, a seasonal display of magnificence. Tulips and flowers abound everywhere. Just amazing. Took lots of pictures with two cameras.
I am really disappointed. When I go to view them the first time in Aperture, there is this brief moment they look normal. Normal saturation primarily. Then it blinks quickly and reappears with oversaturations of colors, especially red.
Any idea what is happening? Is it applying some kind of automated color profile? The colors are so dramatic and overblown I'm having to retouch every picture by desaturating colors, especially reds.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Robert

I'm still having this problem. I've scanned in 800 older photos. I have to lower the red in almost every photo. I recently went to Fort Worth botanical gardens. Reds are again way oversaturated. There is this brief moment where I can see the colors all look natural and balanced overall. Then Aperture is overlaying some kind of color profile (maybe?) that causes all the colors to slightly oversaturate, especially reds.
I'm using TIFF files for the scanned pics, combination of RAW and jpegs for the botanical pics. I didn't have this problem until maybe the last 12 months or less. I'm thinking there was some kind of upgrade to Ap3 and I noticed it after that.
I'm still using my 17" MBP and thunderbolt display.
Has anyone else had this problem and any idea how to fix this?
Thanks.

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