Black thumbnails when importing scanned photos

Recently began a large scanning project using an Epson V200 scanner, Image Capture, and iPhoto 8. Worked fine for over 200 black and white photos, but suddenly iPhoto began creating (mostly) black thumbnails with traces of color (even though I am scanning black and white photos). Clicking on the photo when in iPhoto causes it to act like a negative version of the photo. Preview can load and view the scanned photo just fine, so the file seems OK.
Just tried a smaller color photo; scan and import worked fine.
Thoughts and suggestions appreciated.
Ken

TD:
Sure enough, it worked; (re?)set Image Capture to do 'Color' even though I am scanning black and white, and it works now. Assume it got toggled to black and white somehow (dont remember doing that, but possible, I guess), as all previous black and white photos I checked have the RGB profile. Fun with computers...?
Thanks for your very quick response; great work and much appreciated.
Ken
ps: my son just finished a semester at UCD in Dublin; loved it..!

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