Board Thread:Wiki Discussions and Support/@comment-26010916-20150211152912/@comment-25139119-20150212151113

The pigment acts as a timer of sorts for sage mode. With RSM the is no time limit so there is no pigment. The cross formation still comes from the sage mode and tailed beast influence. You could say the sage markings without the cloak is an initial form, but the chakra cloak is also a part of it.