Address Book: Color code the names , groups ?

Is there way to color code the names so you know which groups they belong to?
I.e. I want to create bunch of groups and put names in them but color these names so that when I look at the library I will now which group they belong to.
thanks in advance

Rohit,
no, this is not possible (and probably wouldn't be even feasible - since a contact can be member of more than one group, color-coding would be a little difficult)
However, you can check which group(s) a contact belongs to by pressing the alt/option button on your keyboard with the contact select in the Address Book.
Andreas

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