Illustrator cs5 changes Kuler color values when importing, Help!

I am using Illustrator cs5. I access the Kuler Color theme feature for color themes. I will select a them from the Kuler feature
and then choose to add that theme to my swatch panel. I then check the individual colors in the color panel. Here is the
problem: when illustrator brings in the Kuler colors to the Illustrator color panel it will change the values of that color which
changes the actual color. For instance a bright green becomes a muted turquoise. This conclusion is not by my sight,
because I have opened the specific color theme at the Kuler Web sight and obtained the CMYK values for those colors,
and then gone back to the Illustrator color panel and compared then values there. The values are changed which creates
a different color --- obviously. So how can I use the Kuler feature when illustrator changes the values on me which then
changes the color? Help

I dont know what my color settings are at this point.
I download the Kuler color theme straight from the Kuler panel open on my desktop. I open
the drop down menu options and choose: add this theme to your color swatches. The
theme is moved over to the swatch panel while I am using Illustrator.
I don't know what you mean by your last question.

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