Mac Mini color question - no crisp white?

I just bought my Mac Mini and plugged it into a Dell monitor with the VGA cable.
How do I get a crisp white on active windows? Everything is sorta purple . . .

If you are not able to get a clean white either by selecting a pre-set profile or after going through the calibration steps in the display preferences, and if the cables are firmly connected (disconnect and reconnect to make sure), then try opening the Universal Access control panel, and in the seeing tab, drag the 'enhance contrast' slider a little to the right. Don't go too far or it will tend to wash the image out, but on my Dell 17" LCD, that helps reduce the greyish cast.

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