On export white background is light gray

Hi,
When I export with quicktime conversion in any format the white background becomes slightly gray ... I am trying to embed in a Flash movie that is all white ... consequently I get a light gray box in my Flash movie. If I do a straight export to DV its fine.
Any help would be great.
Thanks!
Bill

Thanks for your ear ... Here it goes
1. I bluescreened an actor
2. Used Color Smoother 4:1:1
3. Used Chroma Keyer
4. Added a white background (PSD format but tried jpg and png) verified its white in Photoshop
5. exported with Quicktime Conversion to FLV varied settings
6. import into Flash and white background is faintly gray
alternative (which works)
5. exported DV version
6. opened in Quicktime Pro
7. exported as FLV
8. Looks fine
I'd definitely prefer skipping that alternative process in the future and love to know why this is the case.
Thanks for any wisdom!
Bill

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