IMac Colors

Hello,
I bought my 24" iMac couple of months ago and I am a web and graphic designer. I have a problem with the monitor colors since colors are much brighter than what I see on any PC, I tried to change the brightness of the monitor and tried changing the color profiles but whatever I do the color still much brighter.
My problem basically is that when I design a website, the colors look great on my iMAC, but when my clients view them on their PCS, they always comment that the colors are very dark.
The question: What can I do to match my iMAC colors with the standard PC colors. I do understand that flat panel monitors display brighter colors in general.
Thank you very much.
iMac   Mac OS X (10.4.10)  

Hi there,
The easiest thing you can do is calibrate a display profile using expert mode...
the important change <imho> will be Target Gamma (mine at 2.2 PC) and Target White Point (mine at D50), these 2 settings will reduce the extreme brightness (and cold colors) you're seeing. For my brightness, I am 4 bars from the minimum...
The other settings like Native Gamma, adjust and step back away and view the results and adjust again if needed... I would save as under a new name so you don't overwrite any current profiles...
And I've always been told, do not work in a room where the ambient lighting is greater than your dislay brightness...
Rick
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Message was edited by: JMEH
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