Originally Posted by azn_redneck
Would it look better in color? Or does it just need to be lighter?
Well it is more than just lightening it up.
If you look in your histogram I am sure you will see that there is basically a grey level and a black level but not really much in between to allow for gradient changes in shading. This causes the flat grey look that I see on your face in the image.
Colour would not have the same effect on this image though.