Есть вот такой вот итог запроса:
Массив transfers_modify"IT разработка","Менджмент"
Массив transfers: ["IT разработка","Менджмент"]
{"transfers":["IT разработка","Менджмент"],"counts":["2","1"],"colors":["#9c2525","#196fbf"]}
Вот код который выводит всё это дело
<?php
require_once 'connection.php';
try
{
	$select_stmt=$db->prepare('SELECT MAX(result) AS Name, COUNT(result) AS Count FROM `results` GROUP BY (result)');
	$select_stmt->setFetchMode(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
	$select_stmt->execute();
	while($record = $select_stmt->fetch()) {
		$transfers[] = $record["Name"];
		$counts[] = $record["Count"];
	}
}
catch(PDOException $e)
{
	echo(getMessage());
}
				$mystring = implode("\",\"", $transfers);
				$transfers_modify = "\"$mystring\"";
				echo "Массив transfers_modify".$transfers_modify."<br> Массив transfers: ".json_encode($transfers,JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE)."<br>";
try
{
	$select_stmt=$db->prepare('SELECT j.result_color,pas_project FROM structure_test t JOIN JSON_TABLE(t.structure, "$.exodus[*]" COLUMNS(result_combination varchar(20) PATH "$.result_combination", result_color varchar(20) PATH "$.result_color", result VARCHAR(20) PATH "$.result", result_description VARCHAR(255) PATH "$.result_description")) j WHERE j.result IN ("IT разработка","Менджмент") AND named_project=:pname');
	$select_stmt->execute(array(':pname'=>$pn));
	while($record = $select_stmt->fetch()){
		if($select_stmt->rowCount() > 0){
			if(password_verify($pp, $record["pas_project"])) 
			{
				$colors[] = $record["result_color"];
			}
		}		
	}
} 
catch(PDOException $e)
{
	$status->getMessage();
}
$response = array("transfers"=>$transfers,"counts"=>$counts,"colors"=>$colors);
echo json_encode($response, JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE);
?>
Суть: нужно заменить
("IT разработка","Менджмент")
на значения из переменной 
$transfers_modify в которой по идеи сформирована(из массива 
$transfers)строка, которая такая же как и в запросе сейчас 
("IT разработка","Менджмент") 
Собственно , беру заменяю
<?php
require_once 'connection.php';
try
{
	$select_stmt=$db->prepare('SELECT MAX(result) AS Name, COUNT(result) AS Count FROM `results` GROUP BY (result)');
	$select_stmt->setFetchMode(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
	$select_stmt->execute();
	while($record = $select_stmt->fetch()) {
		$transfers[] = $record["Name"];
		$counts[] = $record["Count"];
	}
}
catch(PDOException $e)
{
	echo(getMessage());
}
				$mystring = implode("\",\"", $transfers);
				$transfers_modify = "\"$mystring\"";
				echo "Массив transfers_modify".$transfers_modify."<br> Массив transfers: ".json_encode($transfers,JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE)."<br>";
try
{
	$select_stmt=$db->prepare('SELECT j.result_color,pas_project FROM structure_test t JOIN JSON_TABLE(t.structure, "$.exodus[*]" COLUMNS(result_combination varchar(20) PATH "$.result_combination", result_color varchar(20) PATH "$.result_color", result VARCHAR(20) PATH "$.result", result_description VARCHAR(255) PATH "$.result_description")) j WHERE j.result IN (:transfers) AND named_project=:pname');
	$select_stmt->execute(array(':pname'=>$pn,':transfers'=>$transfers_modify));
	while($record = $select_stmt->fetch()){
		if($select_stmt->rowCount() > 0){
			if(password_verify($pp, $record["pas_project"])) 
			{
				$colors[] = $record["result_color"];
			}
		}		
	}
} 
catch(PDOException $e)
{
	$status->getMessage();
}
$response = array("transfers"=>$transfers,"counts"=>$counts,"colors"=>$colors);
echo json_encode($response, JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE);
?>
Итог: ловлю NULL
Массив transfers_modify"IT разработка","Менджмент"
Массив transfers: ["IT разработка","Менджмент"]
{"transfers":["IT разработка","Менджмент"],"counts":["2","1"],"colors":null}