Intermittent color saturation problem

My display has very saturated colors and too much contrast - on both the laptop display and on an external monitor. It goes back to normal if I unplug and reconnect the external display, or in an unpredictable way just on the macbook.
Everytime I restart the problem returns.
I've tried calibrating the display colors but nothing chanes.
This has persisted through at least the last 2 OSX updates.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
Leslie

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