What do the blue versus gray icons mean for groups in address book

When I subscribe to another address book, it sits below a line under all my contact groups.
My group icons are grey, the subscribed contact group icons are blue.
If I drag a subscribed group to my "All" group then it sits there like a normal group, and sync to my iphone/touch etc. but the icon remains blue.
I got excited thinking that it would automatically update any changes found in the subscribed address book but that doesn't seem to be the case.
So what does the blue icon mean? is there something special I can do with it? I can't find any apple documentation anywhere.
Thanks
Edward

The blue dots mean the addressee has a device capable of using iMessage.
Try using the phone number instead of the email address to send the message.

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