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Yes. In the format cells option, under number, there are various number formats. Some enable negative values to be shown in red. You could even use Conditional Formatting to do it, but as there are already built-in formats, there is no need to do that.

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You can use conditional formatting. You can set the rules to be values less that zero to be in red and other values to be green.

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