How to fix terrible washed out colors on Macbook Air 2012-2013 connected to external screen via HDMI

I had this problem with my macbook air 2012. The colors were very washed out and the contrast ratio was completely off. I tried calibrating the external monitor, but to no avail. I was using the moshi mini displayport to HDMI adapter (purchased from the Apple store). It turns out this is a driver error on Apple’s part that has still not been corrected as of August 2013. Hundreds of people report the same color problem. The only way to fix it is to use a mini displayport to dvi connector. You can get this one for $5-$10:

 

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