CFPDF - Thumbnail washes out the color of the pdf

We are using the CFPDF line to convert incoming pdfs to thumbnails to be displayed on our site. The problem is, the PDF has a darker green as a background, and all the different versions of the thumbnail have a washed-out green (not the same green).
Here is the line I am using:
<cfpdf action="thumbnail" source="#ExpandPath('/')##inFilePath##inFileName#" pages="1" format="jpg" destination="#ExpandPath('/')##previewFilePath#" imageprefix="#prefix#" overwrite="yes" scale="100" hires="yes" maxlength="200" maxbreadth="200" resolution="high" />
Unfortunately, this site is not open to the world yet. I will atach 2 files to this post. One created with photoshop, and one created with CFPDF
Photoshop CFPDF
If you have any help, it would be greatly appreciated.

http://forums.java.sun.com/thread.jsp?forum=20&thread=402506&tstart=60&trange=15
the example I put on the bottom shows how you can use the x/y values of the mouse click to zero in on the correct pixel. Also, use a media tracker to make sure the image is fully loaded in before ripping it's contents.

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