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I think as conveyors of science the photography we should be fairly accurate but unless you are contributing images for scientific analysis it does not matter much.
Have said that, if you enter David Malin's competition you need to play by his rules and wants. Having conversed with him on several occasions now (he comes to visit ASSA a bit) his greatest criticism of amateur images is that galaxies are not purple, they are blue and soft yellow and this is driven by pastel stars. I interpret this to mean he likes to see subtle saturation on stars, but is not averse to saturation on things like nebulae. There might be bright nebulae within galaxies that are shown as red or magenta. Given his back ground you can hardly argue with him but I gather he is not always agreed with even in professional circles. So, if you want to pick up anything in his competition you have to produce his type of images, whether you agree or not, and even then you might not actually get a win. If you're not interested in entering then you are free to take on whatever level of saturation you like.
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