diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Colors/PackedPixel/Alpha8.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Colors/PackedPixel/Alpha8.cs
index 0ea1202132..234976b487 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Colors/PackedPixel/Alpha8.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Colors/PackedPixel/Alpha8.cs
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@ namespace ImageSharp
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="Alpha8"/> struct. 
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="alpha">
-        /// The alpha component
-        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="alpha">The alpha component</param>
         public Alpha8(float alpha)
         {
             this.PackedValue = Pack(alpha);
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Colors/PackedPixel/Bgra5551.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Colors/PackedPixel/Bgra5551.cs
index bf3febb50a..50aa67914c 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Colors/PackedPixel/Bgra5551.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Colors/PackedPixel/Bgra5551.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ namespace ImageSharp
     /// <summary>
     /// Packed pixel type containing unsigned normalized values ranging from 0 to 1. The x , y and z components use 5 bits, and the w component uses 1 bit.
     /// </summary>
-    public struct Bgra5551 : IPackedPixel<ushort>, IEquatable<Bgra5551>, IPackedVector
+    public struct Bgra5551 : IPackedPixel<ushort>, IEquatable<Bgra5551>
     {
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="Bgra5551"/> struct. 
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Colors/PackedPixel/Byte4.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Colors/PackedPixel/Byte4.cs
index 5ba35d037a..9b4be57110 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Colors/PackedPixel/Byte4.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Colors/PackedPixel/Byte4.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
 // </copyright>
 
-
 namespace ImageSharp
 {
     using System;
@@ -12,7 +11,7 @@ namespace ImageSharp
     /// <summary>
     /// Packed pixel type containing four 8-bit unsigned integer values, ranging from 0 to 255.
     /// </summary>
-    public struct Byte4 : IPackedPixel<uint>, IEquatable<Byte4>, IPackedVector
+    public struct Byte4 : IPackedPixel<uint>, IEquatable<Byte4>
     {
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="Byte4"/> struct. 
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Colors/PackedPixel/HalfSingle.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Colors/PackedPixel/HalfSingle.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09811228a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Colors/PackedPixel/HalfSingle.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+// <copyright file="HalfSingle.cs" company="James Jackson-South">
+// Copyright (c) James Jackson-South and contributors.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+// </copyright>
+
+namespace ImageSharp
+{
+    using System;
+    using System.Numerics;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Packed pixel type containing a single 16 bit floating point value.
+    /// </summary>
+    public struct HalfSingle : IPackedPixel<ushort>, IEquatable<HalfSingle>
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The maximum byte value.
+        /// </summary>
+        private static readonly Vector4 MaxBytes = new Vector4(255);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The half vector value.
+        /// </summary>
+        private static readonly Vector4 Half = new Vector4(0.5F);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="HalfSingle"/> struct.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="single">The single component.</param>
+        public HalfSingle(float single)
+        {
+            this.PackedValue = HalfTypeHelper.Pack(single);
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public ushort PackedValue { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Compares two <see cref="HalfSingle"/> objects for equality.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="left">
+        /// The <see cref="HalfSingle"/> on the left side of the operand.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="right">
+        /// The <see cref="HalfSingle"/> on the right side of the operand.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <returns>
+        /// True if the <paramref name="left"/> parameter is equal to the <paramref name="right"/> parameter; otherwise, false.
+        /// </returns>
+        public static bool operator ==(HalfSingle left, HalfSingle right)
+        {
+            return left.PackedValue == right.PackedValue;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Compares two <see cref="HalfSingle"/> objects for equality.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="left">
+        /// The <see cref="HalfSingle"/> on the left side of the operand.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="right">
+        /// The <see cref="HalfSingle"/> on the right side of the operand.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <returns>
+        /// True if the <paramref name="left"/> parameter is not equal to the <paramref name="right"/> parameter; otherwise, false.
+        /// </returns>
+        public static bool operator !=(HalfSingle left, HalfSingle right)
+        {
+            return left.PackedValue != right.PackedValue;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Expands the packed representation into a <see cref="float"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>The <see cref="float"/>.</returns>
+        public float ToSingle()
+        {
+            return HalfTypeHelper.Unpack(this.PackedValue);
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public void PackFromVector4(Vector4 vector)
+        {
+            this.PackedValue = HalfTypeHelper.Pack(vector.X);
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public Vector4 ToVector4()
+        {
+            return new Vector4(this.ToSingle(), 0, 0, 1);
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public void PackFromBytes(byte x, byte y, byte z, byte w)
+        {
+            this.PackFromVector4(new Vector4(x, y, z, w) / 255F);
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public void ToBytes(byte[] bytes, int startIndex, ComponentOrder componentOrder)
+        {
+            Vector4 vector = this.ToVector4();
+            vector *= MaxBytes;
+            vector += Half;
+            vector = Vector4.Clamp(vector, Vector4.Zero, MaxBytes);
+
+            switch (componentOrder)
+            {
+                case ComponentOrder.ZYX:
+                    bytes[startIndex] = (byte)vector.Z;
+                    bytes[startIndex + 1] = (byte)vector.Y;
+                    bytes[startIndex + 2] = (byte)vector.X;
+                    break;
+                case ComponentOrder.ZYXW:
+                    bytes[startIndex] = (byte)vector.Z;
+                    bytes[startIndex + 1] = (byte)vector.Y;
+                    bytes[startIndex + 2] = (byte)vector.X;
+                    bytes[startIndex + 3] = (byte)vector.W;
+                    break;
+                case ComponentOrder.XYZ:
+                    bytes[startIndex] = (byte)vector.X;
+                    bytes[startIndex + 1] = (byte)vector.Y;
+                    bytes[startIndex + 2] = (byte)vector.Z;
+                    break;
+                case ComponentOrder.XYZW:
+                    bytes[startIndex] = (byte)vector.X;
+                    bytes[startIndex + 1] = (byte)vector.Y;
+                    bytes[startIndex + 2] = (byte)vector.Z;
+                    bytes[startIndex + 3] = (byte)vector.W;
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    throw new NotSupportedException();
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override bool Equals(object obj)
+        {
+            return (obj is HalfSingle) && this.Equals((HalfSingle)obj);
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public bool Equals(HalfSingle other)
+        {
+            return this.PackedValue == other.PackedValue;
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override string ToString()
+        {
+            return this.ToSingle().ToString();
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override int GetHashCode()
+        {
+            return this.PackedValue.GetHashCode();
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Colors/PackedPixel/HalfTypeHelper.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Colors/PackedPixel/HalfTypeHelper.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ae71294bc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Colors/PackedPixel/HalfTypeHelper.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+// <copyright file="HalfTypeHelper.cs" company="James Jackson-South">
+// Copyright (c) James Jackson-South and contributors.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+// </copyright>
+
+namespace ImageSharp
+{
+    using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Helper methods for packing and unpacking floating point values
+    /// </summary>
+    internal class HalfTypeHelper
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Packs a <see cref="float"/> into an <see cref="ushort"/>
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="value">The float to pack</param>
+        /// <returns>The <see cref="ushort"/></returns>
+        internal static ushort Pack(float value)
+        {
+            Uif uif = new Uif { F = value };
+            return Pack(uif.I);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Packs an <see cref="int"/> into a <see cref="ushort"/>
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="value">The integer to pack.</param>
+        /// <returns>The <see cref="ushort"/></returns>
+        internal static ushort Pack(int value)
+        {
+            int s = (value >> 16) & 0x00008000;
+            int e = ((value >> 23) & 0x000000ff) - (127 - 15);
+            int m = value & 0x007fffff;
+
+            if (e <= 0)
+            {
+                if (e < -10)
+                {
+                    return (ushort)s;
+                }
+
+                m = m | 0x00800000;
+
+                int t = 14 - e;
+                int a = (1 << (t - 1)) - 1;
+                int b = (m >> t) & 1;
+
+                m = (m + a + b) >> t;
+
+                return (ushort)(s | m);
+            }
+
+            if (e == 0xff - (127 - 15))
+            {
+                if (m == 0)
+                {
+                    return (ushort)(s | 0x7c00);
+                }
+
+                m >>= 13;
+                return (ushort)(s | 0x7c00 | m | ((m == 0) ? 1 : 0));
+            }
+
+            m = m + 0x00000fff + ((m >> 13) & 1);
+
+            if ((m & 0x00800000) != 0)
+            {
+                m = 0;
+                e += 1;
+            }
+
+            if (e > 30)
+            {
+                return (ushort)(s | 0x7c00);
+            }
+
+            return (ushort)(s | (e << 10) | (m >> 13));
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Unpacks a <see cref="ushort"/> into a <see cref="float"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="value">The value.</param>
+        /// <returns>The <see cref="float"/>.</returns>
+        internal static float Unpack(ushort value)
+        {
+            uint result;
+            uint mantissa = (uint)(value & 1023);
+            uint exponent = 0xfffffff2;
+
+            if ((value & -33792) == 0)
+            {
+                if (mantissa != 0)
+                {
+                    while ((mantissa & 1024) == 0)
+                    {
+                        exponent--;
+                        mantissa = mantissa << 1;
+                    }
+                    mantissa &= 0xfffffbff;
+                    result = ((uint)((((uint)value & 0x8000) << 16) | ((exponent + 127) << 23))) | (mantissa << 13);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    result = (uint)((value & 0x8000) << 16);
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                result = ((((uint)value & 0x8000) << 16) | ((((((uint)value >> 10) & 0x1f) - 15) + 127) << 23)) | (mantissa << 13);
+            }
+
+            Uif uif = new Uif { U = result };
+            return uif.F;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Maps the position of number types in memory
+        /// </summary>
+        [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Explicit)]
+        private struct Uif
+        {
+            /// <summary>
+            /// The float.
+            /// </summary>
+            [FieldOffset(0)]
+            public float F;
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// The integer.
+            /// </summary>
+            [FieldOffset(0)]
+            public int I;
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// The unsigned integer.
+            /// </summary>
+            [FieldOffset(0)]
+            public uint U;
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Colors/PackedVectorTests.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Colors/PackedPixelTests.cs
similarity index 88%
rename from tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Colors/PackedVectorTests.cs
rename to tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Colors/PackedPixelTests.cs
index 5ba7a3e9a7..a30fecc1c8 100644
--- a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Colors/PackedVectorTests.cs
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Colors/PackedPixelTests.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// <copyright file="PackedVectorTests.cs" company="James Jackson-South">
+// <copyright file="PackedPixelTests.cs" company="James Jackson-South">
 // Copyright (c) James Jackson-South and contributors.
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
 // </copyright>
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ namespace ImageSharp.Tests.Colors
     using Xunit;
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// The packed vector tests.
+    /// The packed pixel tests.
     /// </summary>
-    public class PackedVectorTests
+    public class PackedPixelTests
     {
         [Fact]
         public void Alpha8()
@@ -251,6 +251,40 @@ namespace ImageSharp.Tests.Colors
             Assert.Equal(bgra, new byte[] { 0, 0, 128, 0 });
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void HalfSingle()
+        {
+            // Test limits
+            Assert.Equal(15360, new HalfSingle(1F).PackedValue);
+            Assert.Equal(0, new HalfSingle(0F).PackedValue);
+            Assert.Equal(48128, new HalfSingle(-1F).PackedValue);
+
+            // Test values
+            Assert.Equal(11878, new HalfSingle(0.1F).PackedValue);
+            Assert.Equal(46285, new HalfSingle(-0.3F).PackedValue);
+
+            // Test ordering
+            float x = .5F;
+            Assert.True(Equal(new Vector4(x, 0, 0, 1), new HalfSingle(x).ToVector4()));
+
+            byte[] rgb = new byte[3];
+            byte[] rgba = new byte[4];
+            byte[] bgr = new byte[3];
+            byte[] bgra = new byte[4];
+
+            new HalfSingle(x).ToBytes(rgb, 0, ComponentOrder.XYZ);
+            Assert.Equal(rgb, new byte[] { 128, 0, 0 });
+
+            new HalfSingle(x).ToBytes(rgba, 0, ComponentOrder.XYZW);
+            Assert.Equal(rgba, new byte[] { 128, 0, 0, 255 });
+
+            new HalfSingle(x).ToBytes(bgr, 0, ComponentOrder.ZYX);
+            Assert.Equal(bgr, new byte[] { 0, 0, 128 });
+
+            new HalfSingle(x).ToBytes(bgra, 0, ComponentOrder.ZYXW);
+            Assert.Equal(bgra, new byte[] { 0, 0, 128, 255 });
+        }
+
         // Comparison helpers with small tolerance to allow for floating point rounding during computations.
         public static bool Equal(float a, float b)
         {
diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/GeneralFormatTests.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/GeneralFormatTests.cs
index f9a44f574c..24ff333611 100644
--- a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/GeneralFormatTests.cs
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/GeneralFormatTests.cs
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ namespace ImageSharp.Tests
                 // Image<Bgra4444, ushort> image = file.CreateImage().To<Bgra4444, ushort>();
                 // Image<Bgra5551, ushort> image = file.CreateImage().To<Bgra5551, ushort>();
                 // Image<Byte4, uint> image = file.CreateImage().To<Byte4, uint>();
+                // Image<HalfSingle, ushort> image = file.CreateImage().To<HalfSingle, ushort>();
 
                 using (FileStream output = File.OpenWrite($"{path}/{file.FileName}"))
                 {