Imported B&W NEF images appear as colour when opened!

Odd one here. Have searched the forum but while there are some B&W issues discussed, nothing matches this one.
OS X 10.6.4, iphoto '09 build (8.1.2). Camera Nikon D90 using NEF images. Camera set to take B&W. Camera is using Colour Profile Adobe RGB 1998.
Camera takes B&W photos. I can see this in the LCD viewer. I can also see B&W thumbnails of the images via Finder when looking directly into the SD card.
Then I open iPhoto, select the SD card and even iPhoto will display B&W thumbnails. So far so good.
Now I do the import into iPhoto, but then after the import is completed the thumbnail images display as colour images. Even when you open the image it displays in colour.
How can this be ?
Have not found anything specific to this particular issue on the 'net to date, Any assistance would be appreciated.

Thanks, I understand what you are saying.
The Nikon D90, has a Picture Control setting called Monochrome, This I thought, allows the shooter to take the picture in B&W, by doing an in-camera conversion from colour to B&W and stores the B&W image on the card. But then this doesn't explain why it opens in colour on OS X (??).
So more likely it as you say, the camera is taking and storing a colour image, but has a flag embedded in it to indicate it was 'shot' in B&W.
Oddly enough, under Windows XP using the free MS NEF viewer, the pictures do actually display in B&W ..thumbnails and when they are fully opened. I suspect then there is a bit or flag in the NEF processor in iPhoto 09 is not recognising and therefore shows the colour version. Does this make sense ?
Cheers
Mal
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