Shape colors not displaying properly: reds look orange

I'll keep this short: I created a red rectangle, but it shows up as orange. You can see in the screenshot the difference between the color in the color picker and layers pain versus the color in the main viewer. This orange color carries through to FCPX, although the thumbnail always displays the correct shade of red. Help? Thank you.

Thanks for the reply. The issue is the same regardless of whether I go through the inspector or the system color picker. I have also since found that the same problem occurs within FCP X for anything I try to make red—text, backgrounds, whatever (other colors seem to display fine). However, I also discovered that when I export, the red displays properly in the exported video. Since I know the hex value for the red I need, this is no longer an issue for me since I don't really need the color to display right until the final product. Still, it would be nice to understand what's going on here.
The computer I'm on is a work computer, a 2010 27" iMac, but all software is up to date. I have a newer iMac at home so I'll check that to see if I can replicate the problem.

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