Apple Gray Startup screen changes color before going to desktop.

Hey guys,
Since I upgraded my macbook air to lion last summer, the startup is a tad slower because the gray screen with the apple logo changes from a blu-ish gray to a yellow-gray before going to the desktop. I do not have this problem on my iMac. Anybody have any answers?
Thanks so much!

I find this topic kinda funny. several answers and NONE of you guys mention that the spinning wheel is supposed to be there and completly normal, it appears on every mac and I'm 100% certain it appeared on your mac before as well.
the spinning wheel is supposed to be there, it's nothing to worry about it's the regular OS X boot up working indicator. it even appears on the new macbook airs with flash storage built in, where boot up takes about ... 8 seconds or something.

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