An apparatus configured to process video data includes a memory and a processor in communication with the memory where the processor is configured to obtain an input picture including a color component having a first color characteristic, obtain a plurality of parameters associated with the color component of at least one sample of the input picture where the plurality of parameters are indicative of pivot points associated with a piece-wise linear function associated with the color component, determine that a value of at least one parameter of the plurality of parameters includes a negative value, apply, on the at least one sample of the input picture, the piece-wise linear function defined with the at least one parameter having a negative value, generate at least one output sample of an output picture including the color component having a second color characteristic based on the application of the piece-wise linear function.