The characteristic equation is $\det(tI-A)=0$. Its solutions in the chosen field are eigenvalues. For $A=\begin{bmatrix}0&-1\\1&0\end{bmatrix}$ it is $t^2+1=0$: there are no real roots, but complex roots $i$ and $-i$.
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