Some images color change in Photoshop

Hi all,
I've read a number of other threads that discuss this or similar issues, but I've not yet found a resolution that works for me.
I'm using the latest Aperture and Photoshop CS 4. I have two or three images (from amongst probably 100+) that, when I export or open in Photoshop, experience a remarkable desaturation particularly in the strongest hues. I cannot for the life of me figure out why it is doing this.
It happens no matter what export colorspace I select. It does not matter whether I have Photoshop set to Convert to Working or Use Embedded space. It doesn't matter whether it's a PSD or a JPEG. If I use Open in External Editor, the newly-created thumbnail and preview are desaturated in Aperture as well. If I select a similar image, taken on the same camera with the same raw format within minutes of the culprit image, even with similarly-intense saturations, it exports fine and the color is preserved.
I've tried rebooting, validating my colorsync profiles are correct, making sure I have the primary monitor selected, disabling proofing views in both apps, etc, etc. The big blinking problem sign is just that it seems to work fine for the vast majority of the rest of the images. Only a small handful seem to exhibit this phenomenon.
Maddening? Fascinating? Frustrating? Maybe some of all of the above. I appeal to the group for your thoughts or suggestions.
Thanks,
Ben

a search for Aperture revealed zero posts on the Apple software product
A search for 'Aperture' shows 103 hits including aperture grille for cathode ray tube monitors, apertures for spectrophotometers (the larger the aperture the larger the sampling area for low dot per inch devices such as inkjets) and a handful on Apple Aperture.
The point in asking the ColorSync Users List is that the people on that list are consultants and developers who have been discussing configuration complexities since the ColorSync Users List started in 1998. Part of the developer discussion has shifted to the list on www.color.org, since the ColorSync Developer List was always thinly trafficked.
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