Color correction flickering in playback

when I playback the project in fcp sent from color, there is flickering in the color in some parts of the timeline.
Here's what I did:
- From FCP I sent a sequence to Color using using ''send to color''.
- graded the clips in Color and sent it back to FCP using ''send to Final Cut Pro''
& What happens is when I playback the sequence in Final Cut Pro, there is flickering in the color (turns rapidly lighter and darker) of clips throughout the timeline. The flickering gets worse when I export from FCP to a .mov file.
Can anyone please help?

From FCP I sent a sequence to Color
This is not enough information. Sequence settings would get us started.
jPo

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