Different colors in preview and colorsync

Hi,
I have a strange problem, probably related to colorsync:
If I open a JPEG picture in Colorsync, the picture has the correct colors, if I open it in Preview, colors are darker.
I thought Preview would be using Colorsync straight away, but it seems there is a difference.
My problem is, that I have been working on several thousands of pictures, which appear correctly in Nikon ViewNX, Nikon Capture NX, Colorsync, Photoshop, Firefox.
These pictures have an embedded Profile 'Nikon Adobe RGB 4.0.0.3001'.
But in Preview, Safari, Finder colors are too dark. I suppose, these apps are based on the same code, but I find no way to make them accept the correct profile.
(I have the same wrong colors in these apps when I convert the files to the IEC sRGB profile.)
Some details about my 'working space':
iMac with Mac OS-X: 10.5.8
Calibrated monitor with Colormunki to 6500, gamma 2.2
Camera Nikon D200 set to Adobe RGB profile
Pictures taken in raw (NEF) format then converted to JPEG with the same Profile embedded, ( or later converted to sRGB).
(It's the jpg pictures which cause the problem - NEF pictures aren't shown correctly in Preview anyway.)
I really can't find an explanation for this effect, but it is annoying, because browsing files with Apple tools like Peview/Slideshow is the standard in MacOS-X.
Thank you for any help,
Fred

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