Very dull color of Lightroom exported JPEG

My exported JPEG images from Lightroom turn out to be very dull in prints. My monitor is calibrated with EYE ONE (Color Management System). Used correct color space for the printing company (either sRGB or AdobeRGB) I followed instruction about Export process. But still color is not right. Is there anything I should do to get the same color quality as I see in the Lightroom? I think images in the lightroom show much brighter than they are after print (by printing company like Costco/Blurb/Shutterfly) Thank you very much for your help!

You need to have your monitor fairly dim (80-130 lumens or so) to reproduce color. I thought eyeone actually calibrates brightness but I could be wrong. Most people have their monitors set far too bright. Next, you need to look at your pictures using a good fairly bright lamp with much higher color temperature than most desk lamps. If you are getting dull prints (as opposed to just dark) the likely culprit is the wrong colorspace or bad calibration. Some calibrators simply turn out to be broken. Do the pictures look dull too after export in another managed app such as Photoshop, preview, etc? Lastly, you have to realize that it is simply not possible to reproduce every color you can see on a good screen on paper. This can lead to lower saturation. This is the reason why soft proofing is important, which unfortunately is not yet possible in Lightroom.

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