Is Brand New Thunderbolt Display Faulty or just Dissapointing?

I have just recieved a Retina MBP and a Thunderbolt display. Separately the displays look fine, but when put side-by-side the difference in colour is staggering. I can't believe there is this much of a difference so is my Thunderbolt display faulty?
I've tried calibrating them through System Prefs/Displays, but the difference remains.
The Retina MBP is pretty close to my old 1st gen Unibody MBP, so it seems the Thumnderbolt display is well off.
Here is a picture:
Old MBP on the left, Retina MBP on the right and Thunderbolt Display behind. The difference is much greater in reality.

Well after the overwhelming response here I went into my local Apple store. My 'Genius' agreed that the colour was completely different, and actually looked quite shocked at how different they were side-by-side, but having compared my MBP with a few Thunderbolt displays he helpfully explained; 'It's totally different hardware.'  So just to get colour within the same ballpark I'm going to have to buy something to calibrate the screens. A nice little bonus after forking out close to £3000.

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