Colors Different than Cinema Display

I was trying out different desktops, and I noticed that my Cinema Display shows colors significantly brighter than my MacBook Pro (I'm in dual display mode). There seems to be hardly any contrast on the Macbook Pro compared to the Cinema Display... How do I fix this? --To elaborate, I notice the cinema display (20" by the way) shows colors more vibrantly than the MacBook Pro. The MBP looks like it has a gray cast over it (I can especially tell with the Apple desktop picture of the green curled leaf).
AHH!!! Just while writing this (actually when I turned Front Row on for a second), a dead pixel popped up on the screen!!! Can I fix this? Will Apple exchange it? It's been less than 14 days since I bought it...
Thanks.

You would need tools like the ColorVision Spyder 2 or something similar. It requires both hardware (spyder that measures color and brightness of screen) and software. The first step would be to calibrate and profile the MBP and use it's black and white point settings for the ACD reference. Final step would then be to calibrate and profile the ACD using the MBP's black point and white point. The colors, brightness and contrast would be very close, if not visually identical.
http://www.colorvision.com/profis/profis_view.jsp?id=602
Monitors and displays can not be visually calibrated accurately. Only a hardware and software solution is accurate for print etc.

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