Washed-out colours/bad lighting?

[Caliburn]

So, I've been playing XIV for a few days now after playing XI for many years. I've been pleasantly surprised by how much I'm enjoying the game, despite the problems upon release - though I guess I've joined at a time that these things are now being fixed.

One thing that is really bugging me while I'm playing, however, is that everything looks either dark, dull or washed-out. Particularly when I'm running around field areas in the day, it's like there's some constant dawn mist, like a white filter over the game world. And at night or when walking around certain parts of Ul'dah, everything is just a little too dark. In the field at night everything is just blue, including my character. I guess this is a lighting effect but it's starting to get a little annoying and eye-straining looking at my character, like sitting in a badly lit room trying to read words on a page.

Is this something to do with my video settings or has anyone else experienced this? Maybe I need to change contrast settings?



I can post some screenshots soon once the sun comes up in-game.