diff --git a/packages/pixel/src/api.ts b/packages/pixel/src/api.ts
index d620de98c5..0591d576c8 100644
--- a/packages/pixel/src/api.ts
+++ b/packages/pixel/src/api.ts
@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ export interface FloatFormat extends IABGRConvert<NumericArray> {
 	shift: IObjectOf<number>;
 	channels: Lane[];
 
+	range: [number, number];
+
 	/**
 	 * Maps given value to [0..1] interval. Used in combination with
 	 * {@link IntChannel.setFloat}.
diff --git a/packages/pixel/src/float.ts b/packages/pixel/src/float.ts
index 294487bdc8..115554e462 100644
--- a/packages/pixel/src/float.ts
+++ b/packages/pixel/src/float.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { IGrid2DMixin } from "@thi.ng/api/mixins/igrid";
 import { isNumber } from "@thi.ng/checks/is-number";
 import { isString } from "@thi.ng/checks/is-string";
 import { assert } from "@thi.ng/errors/assert";
-import { clamp01 } from "@thi.ng/math/interval";
+import { clamp } from "@thi.ng/math/interval";
 import {
 	isPremultiplied,
 	postmultiply,
@@ -248,9 +248,10 @@ export class FloatBuffer
 			data,
 			stride: [stride],
 		} = this;
+		const [min, max] = this.format.range;
 		const dest = new Float32Array(this.width * this.height);
 		for (let i = id, j = 0, n = data.length; i < n; i += stride, j++) {
-			dest[j] = clamp01(data[i]);
+			dest[j] = clamp(data[i], min, max);
 		}
 		return new FloatBuffer(this.width, this.height, FLOAT_GRAY, dest);
 	}
@@ -437,8 +438,9 @@ export class FloatBuffer
 
 	clamp() {
 		const data = this.data;
+		const [min, max] = this.format.range;
 		for (let i = data.length; i-- > 0; ) {
-			data[i] = clamp01(data[i]);
+			data[i] = clamp(data[i], min, max);
 		}
 		return this;
 	}
@@ -449,8 +451,12 @@ export class FloatBuffer
 			data,
 			stride: [stride],
 		} = this;
+		const [min, max] = this.format.range;
 		for (let i = id, n = data.length; i < n; i += stride) {
-			data[i] = clamp01(data[i]);
+			data[i] = clamp(data[i], min, max);
+		}
+	}
+
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/packages/pixel/src/format/float-format.ts b/packages/pixel/src/format/float-format.ts
index ab6d68c557..37239a178e 100644
--- a/packages/pixel/src/format/float-format.ts
+++ b/packages/pixel/src/format/float-format.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export const defFloatFormat = (fmt: FloatFormatSpec) => {
 		__float: true,
 		size: chan.length,
 		shift: chanShift,
+		range: [0, 1],
 		getNormalized: (val) => clamp01(val),
 	};
 	if (fmt.convert) {
diff --git a/packages/pixel/src/format/float-gray-range.ts b/packages/pixel/src/format/float-gray-range.ts
index d359ea5d33..6dfd1bbbd0 100644
--- a/packages/pixel/src/format/float-gray-range.ts
+++ b/packages/pixel/src/format/float-gray-range.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export const FLOAT_GRAY_RANGE = (min: number, max: number): FloatFormat => {
 		channels: [Lane.RED],
 		shift: { 3: 0 },
 		size: 1,
+		range: [min, max],
 		getNormalized: (val) => {
 			return fitClamped(val, min, max, 0, 1);
 		},
diff --git a/packages/pixel/src/format/float-norm.ts b/packages/pixel/src/format/float-norm.ts
index 1a69d0b309..29c864e29e 100644
--- a/packages/pixel/src/format/float-norm.ts
+++ b/packages/pixel/src/format/float-norm.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export const FLOAT_NORMAL: FloatFormat = {
 	channels: [Lane.RED, Lane.GREEN, Lane.BLUE],
 	shift: { 3: 0, 2: 8, 1: 16 },
 	size: 3,
+	range: [-1, 1],
 	getNormalized: (val) => clamp01(val * 0.5 + 0.5),
 	fromABGR: (src) => [
 		from(src & 0xff),