(ineluctably: unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable)

I wonder what happens when a B/W adept finds a scene with really interesting colors, and then suddenly realises: "Oh yeah, that's right, I'm into black and white... Pity."

Agreed that monochrome images can have that certain special appearance and mood; and often, when the image doesn't have any noteworthy colors to begin with, the choice for monochrome might well be the best choice... but not all images that are excellent in color, would turn out great in black and white.

I think the difference lies in the way that attention points are accentuated... color accents can make all the difference in a color image, whereas a 'color-accent-less' monochrome image has to define its accents on other levels (often light contrast or tone balance).

That being said, I do believe it's a great exercise to 'think and see' black and white from time to time...

We do not see things as they are. ǝɹɐ ǝʍ sɐ sƃuıɥʇ ǝǝs ǝʍ