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That sounds like an XOR pointer, which did used to be a standard feature in Windows. There were patents on it and xorg were threatened with legal action by the patent holder, so I don’t think it was ever added to X. Those patents have probably expired now, so it may be possible to do.
https://github.com/jinliu/kwin-effect-xorcursor
Kwin won't load C++ plugins from your home directory, so you have to install it to /usr
Yes, this is also the only implementation of this I could find. I'm not sure if the cinnamon js api is capable of something similar.