Why does my color look so different in CS5 compared to CS4?

Hi everyone,
I am currently working on a document in InDesign CS5...have placed some CMYK artwork that I created in Photoshop CS5. All of my color settings are synchronized. Why does the color in the artwork look SO different compared to Photoshop? If I place the same artwork into InDesign CS4, everything matches as it should (once again, all applications use the same color settings/are synchronized).
I am completely baffled...what am I missing? Is there another setting I have missed out on within InDesign?
Thank you,
Christine

Okay....you are not going to believe this!! Perhaps this is a bug or perhaps this is a one-time-mystery-of-the-unexplained thing.
I went into my desktop version of CS5 and loaded completely different color settings...pressed okay, then went BACK straight away and reloaded my usual [custom] color settings and all suddenly looked PERFECT. [I am going to have to verify this when I go into work tomorrow as I just tested via remote login so am looking at things via my macbook screen. The color difference was VERY noticeable at first between the two ID versions on my desktop so I was able to easily tell. Now they look the same.
All in all, than you SO much for your help (so this was *not* a waste of time). All this troubleshooting really helped me a lot as to what to look for in future similar instances.
Christine

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