Switching users causes the screen to go washed out blue

I am having a problem with the color of my screen. Sometimes when I switch from one user to another, the colors on the screen become more washed out and blueish.
I am using the fast user switching menu to change users. If I switch back to the previous user, the colors are still bluish.
I have tried altering the color profile in System Preferences > Displays > Color, but I hear a beep and the screen doesn't change at all.
I have also run the Repair in the ColorSync utility, but this didn't fix the problem either.
The only way I can get the colors to return to normal is by restarting the computer.
Thanks in advance for any help ^_^

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