Why are my photo colors oversaturated?

The colors of my photos appear dark and otherwise oversaturated when viewed on my monitor. Yet, they appear fine when viewed on other computers or my phone. Any idea why? I've got a 20-in iMac running Lion.

The part of the screen that plays your preview may be using an overlay? I don't know if it is still done that way or not. Check your graphics card settngs and make sure that the programs are controlling your card and that you are not using the NVidia settings, or whatever card you have.

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