I dunno why but I prefer black and white in MOST cases for portraits... however, I do enjoy a color portrait now and again... I think the B&W is more striking and seems more... detailed to me. I know it's not, but it's just one of those... impressions the brain gives off! Recently I've done something similar to Nicole and use a B&W layer on top of a color and "de-saturate" the colors to a point.
Here's my favorite B&W portrait that I've taken:
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