Thinkpad x220 display problems very bright

I just bought my laptop in March 2012 and I've run into this problem 3 times since then.
All of a sudden, the display will become very bright, oversaturated, for every application that I have open. The pixel sizes remain the same, and most of the type is legible, but because of the oversaturation, the font is a bit more difficult to read/discern.
I've restarted and that usually takes care of it, but I'm wondering if anyone else has had the same problem? I worry given my laptop is new and I had terrible problems with my previous Lenovo ideapad (large vertical white stripes took over my display, obstructing view of whatever application was open). I swore to never by an Ideapad again.
thanks!

hi lenovolinda,
Thank you for your post welcome to the community,
Based from my understanding of your post it appears that it could be a configuration issue. You may want to check your Bios version to see if it has been updated the to lates, which is v1.29. Should it is lower than the bios version i have shown over here, i would recommend you update your Bios first to ensure that your system is ruuning all latest drivers and bios.
You can update the bios and all other drivers by hitting the thinkvantage blue key found on the top your keyboard or alternatively you down the drivers from.
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/detail.page?DocID=DS018805
Please do let me know of the update.
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