Poor colour on export

Hi guys,
I'm building an image slideshow which appears fine within FC but upon export via QT conversion the colour and quality is very poor. Washed out and nothing like the original.
Settings > DV PAL, Quality - Best, Interlaced
Is there a way to overcome this?
cheers
Chuck

Thanks guys!
Final output is for TV.
I'm now looking at building it in HD 1920 x 1080 and the initial export looks much better.
-Chuck

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