A system configured for generating negatives of variable digital holographic images based on desired images and generic optical matrices, the system comprising: one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions to: obtain an original image; obtain a geometry associated with a generic optical matrix, the generic optical matrix having an arrayed motif of static physical pixels corresponding to color and sub-pixels corresponding to non-color effects configured to give rise to one or more optical effects, the pixels including first pixels corresponding to a first color and second pixels corresponding to a second color, the sub-pixels including first sub-pixels corresponding to a first non-color effect and second sub-pixels corresponding to a second non-color effect, the geometry indicating locations and colors of pixels in the generic optical matrix, the geometry further indicating locations and non-color effects of sub-pixels within the pixels; perform color separation on the original image to provide two or more separations including a first separation and a second separation, the first separation corresponding to the first color and the second separation corresponding to the second color; index the separations to the geometry associated with the generic optical matrix to provide indexed separations, the first separation being indexed to the geometry with respect to the first color and the first non-color effect to provide an indexed first separation associated with the first non-color effect, the first separation being indexed to the geometry with respect to the first color and the second non-color effect to provide an indexed first separation associated with the second non-color effect, the second separation being indexed to the geometry with respect to the second color and the first non-color effect to provide an indexed second separation associated with the first non-color effect, the second separation being indexed to the geometry with respect to the second color and the second non-color effect to provide an indexed second separation associated with the second non-color effect; and merge the indexed separations to provide a negative of the original image. obtain an original image; obtain a geometry associated with a generic optical matrix, the generic optical matrix having an arrayed motif of static physical pixels corresponding to color and sub-pixels corresponding to non-color effects configured to give rise to one or more optical effects, the pixels including first pixels corresponding to a first color and second pixels corresponding to a second color, the sub-pixels including first sub-pixels corresponding to a first non-color effect and second sub-pixels corresponding to a second non-color effect, the geometry indicating locations and colors of pixels in the generic optical matrix, the geometry further indicating locations and non-color effects of sub-pixels within the pixels; perform color separation on the original image to provide two or more separations including a first separation and a second separation, the first separation corresponding to the first color and the second separation corresponding to the second color; index the separations to the geometry associated with the generic optical matrix to provide indexed separations, the first separation being indexed to the geometry with respect to the first color and the first non-color effect to provide an indexed first separation associated with the first non-color effect, the first separation being indexed to the geometry with respect to the first color and the second non-color effect to provide an indexed first separation associated with the second non-color effect, the second separation being indexed to the geometry with respect to the second color and the first non-color effect to provide an indexed second separation associated with the first non-color effect, the second separation being indexed to the geometry with respect to the second color and the second non-color effect to provide an indexed second separation associated with the second non-color effect; and merge the indexed separations to provide a negative of the original image.