Color is off when viewing pdfs in reader

I created a pdf of some 4 color art for a client.
When other people in my department viewed it on their monitors, the color was muted and not true.
Can anyone suggest why this may be??
My curiosity is that maybe their monitors are not as claibrated, or set to a different color space..??
I did go in and check that overprint preview was unchecked to make sure this was not one of the offending causes.
Any suggestions??
Julian

Is your monitor calibrated?
Certainly on any uncalibrated monitor the colors are wildly
unpredictable.
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