Sometimes the Coloured Bubbles do not protect the group. It seems to happen more if the named is far away from the target boubble
I haven't been able to reproduce this, even while Shred of Tashaki is behind a grimling tent and further than 60 meters away, which is about as far as one can separate him from the furthest bubble. His Tortured Memories spell ignores range and line of sight so it "should" always apply.