why?

i have one question for the makers of AIM, or anyone else who wants to answer me. when i IM someone, there SN is blue and my SN is red, but the colin (the two little dots after the SN) are blue for me and red for them, thats all fine and dandy. but when i put up an away message the colin for in my away message box is gray-ish. whats up with that? [[the food calls for me]] sporko