Selective color too pale/washed out

I'm running photoshop CS3 in a macbook pro under windows xp, and I want to add color to something in my picture. I used "selective color" (Layer > adjustments > selective color) to add color to a whitish-looking robe that is worn by a character that I created in photoshop earlier, but even when I move the slider to +100 % the color is still too washed out (will add images later).
I know from experience using Photoshop CS 3 in my old laptop (a HP Compaq Presario X6000 running windows XP)  that to get the depth of color I want in my character's robe, I shouldn't have to move the slider all the way to +100 %. Is there any way to fix this so I can get the same color depth I got when I used my old laptop?
P.S. When I choose "selective color" a dialogue box comes up. I left the settings in this dialogue box as they are seen in the image, and clicked "ok".
Thanks in advance.

Thanks, your answer helped me. My "selective color" was set to "relative" (I had completely forgotten about that!) Once I changed it to "absolute", I got my color depth back that I used to have when I was using my old laptop. Thanks again!

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