The photos in the Variegated Shadow series have another story behind them. As Chi Kuo-chang walked around on the streets in France and other European countries, he saw crude scrawlings in many places. He did not rush to begin taking pictures, but rather would sketch an image in his sketchbook and, after touching up the graffiti with water-base paints, would compose photos as he looked through the camera's viewfinder.
在《色影斑斕》中塗鴉系列的照片，則是紀國章遊走法國與歐洲各國街頭時，看到許多不成熟的塗鴉，他不急著取景，而是用素描簿先畫出想要的畫面，再用水彩塗料修飾牆面後，才開始透過相機的觀景窗攝取影像。