diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Quantizers/OctreeQuantizer{TPixel}.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Quantizers/OctreeQuantizer{TPixel}.cs
index 1cd0020ba..dc65442bb 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Quantizers/OctreeQuantizer{TPixel}.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Quantizers/OctreeQuantizer{TPixel}.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.PixelFormats;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Quantizers.Base;
 
 namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Quantizers
 {
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Quantizers
     /// <see href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa479306.aspx"/>
     /// </summary>
     /// <typeparam name="TPixel">The pixel format.</typeparam>
-    public sealed class OctreeQuantizer<TPixel> : Quantizer<TPixel>
+    public sealed class OctreeQuantizer<TPixel> : QuantizerBase<TPixel>
         where TPixel : struct, IPixel<TPixel>
     {
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Quantizers/PaletteQuantizer{TPixel}.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Quantizers/PaletteQuantizer{TPixel}.cs
index 985994dce..b03e690e4 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Quantizers/PaletteQuantizer{TPixel}.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Quantizers/PaletteQuantizer{TPixel}.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.PixelFormats;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Quantizers.Base;
 
 namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Quantizers
 {
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Quantizers
     /// <see href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa479306.aspx"/>
     /// </summary>
     /// <typeparam name="TPixel">The pixel format.</typeparam>
-    public sealed class PaletteQuantizer<TPixel> : Quantizer<TPixel>
+    public sealed class PaletteQuantizer<TPixel> : QuantizerBase<TPixel>
         where TPixel : struct, IPixel<TPixel>
     {
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Quantizers/Quantizer{TPixel}.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Quantizers/QuantizerBase{TPixel}.cs
similarity index 97%
rename from src/ImageSharp/Quantizers/Quantizer{TPixel}.cs
rename to src/ImageSharp/Quantizers/QuantizerBase{TPixel}.cs
index 553fc9aef..2bd726792 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Quantizers/Quantizer{TPixel}.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Quantizers/QuantizerBase{TPixel}.cs
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Dithering;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.PixelFormats;
 
-namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Quantizers
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Quantizers.Base
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// Encapsulates methods to calculate the color palette of an image.
     /// </summary>
     /// <typeparam name="TPixel">The pixel format.</typeparam>
-    public abstract class Quantizer<TPixel> : IQuantizer<TPixel>
+    public abstract class QuantizerBase<TPixel> : IQuantizer<TPixel>
         where TPixel : struct, IPixel<TPixel>
     {
         /// <summary>
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Quantizers
         private readonly bool singlePass;
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="Quantizer{TPixel}"/> class.
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="QuantizerBase{TPixel}"/> class.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="singlePass">
         /// If true, the quantization only needs to loop through the source pixels once
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Quantizers
         /// only call the 'QuantizeImage' function. If two passes are required, the code will call 'InitialQuantizeImage'
         /// and then 'QuantizeImage'.
         /// </remarks>
-        protected Quantizer(bool singlePass)
+        protected QuantizerBase(bool singlePass)
         {
             this.singlePass = singlePass;
         }
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Quantizers/WuQuantizer{TPixel}.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Quantizers/WuQuantizer{TPixel}.cs
index 790097b7b..79319cfbd 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Quantizers/WuQuantizer{TPixel}.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Quantizers/WuQuantizer{TPixel}.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Numerics;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.PixelFormats;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Quantizers.Base;
 
 namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Quantizers
 {
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Quantizers
     /// </para>
     /// </remarks>
     /// <typeparam name="TPixel">The pixel format.</typeparam>
-    public class WuQuantizer<TPixel> : Quantizer<TPixel>
+    public class WuQuantizer<TPixel> : QuantizerBase<TPixel>
         where TPixel : struct, IPixel<TPixel>
     {
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Benchmarks/Image/EncodePng.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Benchmarks/Image/EncodePng.cs
index 0401132fc..1ec8d03ef 100644
--- a/tests/ImageSharp.Benchmarks/Image/EncodePng.cs
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Benchmarks/Image/EncodePng.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Benchmarks.Image
 
     using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats;
     using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Quantizers;
-
+    using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Quantizers.Base;
     using CoreImage = ImageSharp.Image;
 
     public class EncodePng : BenchmarkBase
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Benchmarks.Image
         {
             using (MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream())
             {
-                Quantizer<Rgba32> quantizer = this.UseOctreeQuantizer
-                ? (Quantizer<Rgba32>)
+                QuantizerBase<Rgba32> quantizer = this.UseOctreeQuantizer
+                ? (QuantizerBase<Rgba32>)
                 new OctreeQuantizer<Rgba32>()
                 : new PaletteQuantizer<Rgba32>();