Reduce color display saturation in 10.9

i updated my mac pro (early 2009) from OSX 10.7 to 10.9. the display color saturation has gone off the deep-end (too much). even after recalibrating the monitor (Dell 3008WFP) with spyder3 hardware/software, it is better but still too much. i thought there used to be a setting in the mac software that could reduce the saturation (back in 10.6, perhaps) but i don't see it anymore.
is there a configuration somewhere than can be changed?
thanks
Lee

Hello elbee187,
I'd recommend calibrating the colors that Mavericks uses for your display, enabling Expert Mode.
OS X Mavericks: Calibrate your display
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13768
Cheers,
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