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If I put negative values in it, I still get a result. But doing the same in IM complains about negative values:
I think negative values should be allowed for all matrix elements except the transparency/alpha column. I believe the negative values in the main 3x3 rgb section allow for complementary colors (C,M,Y) as seen in my example below. In this case it seems to introduce Magenta as the complement of Green.