Color change between Illustrator versions

When I'm opening an Illustrator cs file for a while back in Illustrator cs5, the colors change. When I try to open the cs file (eps) in Photoshop cs5, the colors change too. What setting am I missing? The document color mode is set on cmyk. Is it something inside of color settings? Thank you

Ok... let me be more specific, sorry for the confusion. Here is exactly what's going on...
Another designer is working in Illustrator CS and has created a logo that they provide to me in ai, eps, jpg, tif, png and gif. The jpg, tif, png and gif have been output from the eps file by opening the eps file in Photoshop and saving in the desired format. All these files have the same color.
The issue is when I receive them and I want to either simply open the ai or eps in Illustrator CS5 (or CS3), or open the eps in Photoshop CS5 (or CS3) so I can save a big high res jpg for example, the color are lighter and not the same as the jpg provided from them. So I'm unable to create any files (jpg, gif, tif...) from the eps to match what was created before. Does that make sense?
I have established that the other designer uses Illustrator CS and CMYK is selected for the 'document color mode' in Illustrator. When I work in Illustrator CS5 CMYK is also selected.
When I have opened other eps files from the same Illustrator version, and looked at the files that were output from them, the colors are all the same, but in this case it is not. I'm wondering if I'm missing a setting somewhere or if this will always happen if you open an Illustrator CS eps inside Illustrator CS5.

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