diff --git a/src/formats/tiff/tiff-image.ts b/src/formats/tiff/tiff-image.ts
index c7afea5..4e8b9e6 100644
--- a/src/formats/tiff/tiff-image.ts
+++ b/src/formats/tiff/tiff-image.ts
@@ -986,6 +986,7 @@ export class TiffImage {
       format: format,
       numChannels: numChannels,
       withPalette: hasPalette,
+      paletteFormat: format,
     });
 
     if (hasPalette) {
@@ -994,13 +995,15 @@ export class TiffImage {
       const numChannels = 3;
       // Only support RGB palettes
       const numColors = Math.trunc(cm.length / numChannels);
-      for (let i = 0; i < numColors; ++i) {
-        p.setRgb(
-          i,
-          cm[this._colorMapRed + i],
-          cm[this._colorMapGreen + i],
-          cm[this._colorMapBlue + i]
-        );
+      let ri = this._colorMapRed;
+      let gi = this._colorMapGreen;
+      let bi = this._colorMapBlue;
+      const colorMapSize = cm.length;
+      for (let i = 0; i < numColors; ++i, ++ri, ++gi, ++bi) {
+        if (bi >= colorMapSize) {
+          break;
+        }
+        p.setRgb(i, cm[ri], cm[gi], cm[bi]);
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/image/image-data-uint16.ts b/src/image/image-data-uint16.ts
index 16940af..62b0342 100644
--- a/src/image/image-data-uint16.ts
+++ b/src/image/image-data-uint16.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export class MemoryImageDataUint16 implements MemoryImageData, Iterable<Pixel> {
   }
 
   public get maxChannelValue(): number {
-    return 0xffff;
+    return this._palette?.maxChannelValue ?? 0xffff;
   }
 
   public get maxIndexValue(): number {
@@ -74,8 +74,9 @@ export class MemoryImageDataUint16 implements MemoryImageData, Iterable<Pixel> {
     return this.palette !== undefined;
   }
 
+  private _palette: Palette | undefined;
   public get palette(): Palette | undefined {
-    return undefined;
+    return this._palette;
   }
 
   public get isHdrFormat(): boolean {
@@ -103,6 +104,13 @@ export class MemoryImageDataUint16 implements MemoryImageData, Iterable<Pixel> {
       data ?? new Uint16Array(this._width * this._height * this._numChannels);
   }
 
+  public static palette(width: number, height: number, palette?: Palette) {
+    const data = new Uint16Array(width * height);
+    const d = new MemoryImageDataUint16(width, height, 1, data);
+    d._palette = palette;
+    return d;
+  }
+
   public static from(
     other: MemoryImageDataUint16,
     skipPixels = false
@@ -110,12 +118,14 @@ export class MemoryImageDataUint16 implements MemoryImageData, Iterable<Pixel> {
     const data = skipPixels
       ? new Uint16Array(other.data.length)
       : other.data.slice();
-    return new MemoryImageDataUint16(
+    const d = new MemoryImageDataUint16(
       other.width,
       other.height,
       other._numChannels,
       data
     );
+    d._palette = other.palette?.clone();
+    return d;
   }
 
   public getRange(
diff --git a/src/image/image.ts b/src/image/image.ts
index c060167..22134a4 100644
--- a/src/image/image.ts
+++ b/src/image/image.ts
@@ -103,18 +103,6 @@ export class MemoryImage implements Iterable<Pixel> {
     return this._data;
   }
 
-  private get numPixelColors(): number {
-    return this.format === Format.uint1
-      ? 2
-      : this.format === Format.uint2
-        ? 4
-        : this.format === Format.uint4
-          ? 16
-          : this.format === Format.uint8
-            ? 256
-            : 0;
-  }
-
   /**
    * The format of the image pixels.
    */
@@ -206,7 +194,8 @@ export class MemoryImage implements Iterable<Pixel> {
       this.format === Format.uint1 ||
       this.format === Format.uint2 ||
       this.format === Format.uint4 ||
-      this.format === Format.uint8
+      this.format === Format.uint8 ||
+      this.format === Format.uint16
     );
   }
 
@@ -405,6 +394,20 @@ export class MemoryImage implements Iterable<Pixel> {
     }
   }
 
+  private static getNumPixelColors(format: Format): number {
+    return format === Format.uint1
+      ? 2
+      : format === Format.uint2
+        ? 4
+        : format === Format.uint4
+          ? 16
+          : format === Format.uint8
+            ? 256
+            : format === Format.uint16
+              ? 65536
+              : 0;
+  }
+
   public static fromResized(
     other: MemoryImage,
     width: number,
@@ -666,7 +669,7 @@ export class MemoryImage implements Iterable<Pixel> {
     const palette =
       opt.palette ??
       (withPalette && this.supportsPalette
-        ? this.createPalette(paletteFormat, numChannels)
+        ? this.createPalette(format, paletteFormat, numChannels)
         : undefined);
 
     this.createImageData(opt.width, opt.height, format, numChannels, palette);
@@ -709,7 +712,11 @@ export class MemoryImage implements Iterable<Pixel> {
         }
         break;
       case Format.uint16:
-        this._data = new MemoryImageDataUint16(width, height, numChannels);
+        if (palette === undefined) {
+          this._data = new MemoryImageDataUint16(width, height, numChannels);
+        } else {
+          this._data = MemoryImageDataUint16.palette(width, height, palette);
+        }
         break;
       case Format.uint32:
         this._data = new MemoryImageDataUint32(width, height, numChannels);
@@ -736,6 +743,7 @@ export class MemoryImage implements Iterable<Pixel> {
   }
 
   private createPalette(
+    format: Format,
     paletteFormat: Format,
     numChannels: number
   ): Palette | undefined {
@@ -747,23 +755,50 @@ export class MemoryImage implements Iterable<Pixel> {
       case Format.uint4:
         return undefined;
       case Format.uint8:
-        return new PaletteUint8(this.numPixelColors, numChannels);
+        return new PaletteUint8(
+          MemoryImage.getNumPixelColors(format),
+          numChannels
+        );
       case Format.uint16:
-        return new PaletteUint16(this.numPixelColors, numChannels);
+        return new PaletteUint16(
+          MemoryImage.getNumPixelColors(format),
+          numChannels
+        );
       case Format.uint32:
-        return new PaletteUint32(this.numPixelColors, numChannels);
+        return new PaletteUint32(
+          MemoryImage.getNumPixelColors(format),
+          numChannels
+        );
       case Format.int8:
-        return new PaletteInt8(this.numPixelColors, numChannels);
+        return new PaletteInt8(
+          MemoryImage.getNumPixelColors(format),
+          numChannels
+        );
       case Format.int16:
-        return new PaletteInt16(this.numPixelColors, numChannels);
+        return new PaletteInt16(
+          MemoryImage.getNumPixelColors(format),
+          numChannels
+        );
       case Format.int32:
-        return new PaletteInt32(this.numPixelColors, numChannels);
+        return new PaletteInt32(
+          MemoryImage.getNumPixelColors(format),
+          numChannels
+        );
       case Format.float16:
-        return new PaletteFloat16(this.numPixelColors, numChannels);
+        return new PaletteFloat16(
+          MemoryImage.getNumPixelColors(format),
+          numChannels
+        );
       case Format.float32:
-        return new PaletteFloat32(this.numPixelColors, numChannels);
+        return new PaletteFloat32(
+          MemoryImage.getNumPixelColors(format),
+          numChannels
+        );
       case Format.float64:
-        return new PaletteFloat64(this.numPixelColors, numChannels);
+        return new PaletteFloat64(
+          MemoryImage.getNumPixelColors(format),
+          numChannels
+        );
     }
     throw new LibError('Unknown palette format.');
   }
diff --git a/src/image/pixel-uint16.ts b/src/image/pixel-uint16.ts
index 5736ef7..7263871 100644
--- a/src/image/pixel-uint16.ts
+++ b/src/image/pixel-uint16.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export class PixelUint16 implements Pixel, Iterable<Pixel>, Iterator<Pixel> {
   }
 
   public get length(): number {
-    return this._image.numChannels;
+    return this.palette?.numChannels ?? this._image.numChannels;
   }
 
   public get numChannels(): number {
@@ -97,11 +97,15 @@ export class PixelUint16 implements Pixel, Iterable<Pixel>, Iterator<Pixel> {
   }
 
   public get palette(): Palette | undefined {
-    return undefined;
+    return this._image.palette;
   }
 
   public get r(): number {
-    return this.numChannels > 0 ? this.data[this._index] : 0;
+    return this.palette === undefined
+      ? this.numChannels > 0
+        ? this.data[this._index]
+        : 0
+      : this.palette.getRed(this.data[this._index]);
   }
   public set r(r: number) {
     if (this.numChannels > 0) {
@@ -110,7 +114,11 @@ export class PixelUint16 implements Pixel, Iterable<Pixel>, Iterator<Pixel> {
   }
 
   public get g(): number {
-    return this.numChannels > 1 ? this.data[this._index + 1] : 0;
+    return this.palette === undefined
+      ? this.numChannels > 1
+        ? this.data[this._index + 1]
+        : 0
+      : this.palette.getGreen(this.data[this._index]);
   }
   public set g(g: number) {
     if (this.numChannels > 1) {
@@ -119,7 +127,11 @@ export class PixelUint16 implements Pixel, Iterable<Pixel>, Iterator<Pixel> {
   }
 
   public get b(): number {
-    return this.numChannels > 2 ? this.data[this._index + 2] : 0;
+    return this.palette === undefined
+      ? this.numChannels > 2
+        ? this.data[this._index + 2]
+        : 0
+      : this.palette.getBlue(this.data[this._index]);
   }
   public set b(b: number) {
     if (this.numChannels > 2) {
@@ -128,7 +140,11 @@ export class PixelUint16 implements Pixel, Iterable<Pixel>, Iterator<Pixel> {
   }
 
   public get a(): number {
-    return this.numChannels > 3 ? this.data[this._index + 3] : 0;
+    return this.palette === undefined
+      ? this.numChannels > 3
+        ? this.data[this._index + 3]
+        : 0
+      : this.palette.getAlpha(this.data[this._index]);
   }
   public set a(a: number) {
     if (this.numChannels > 3) {
@@ -215,7 +231,7 @@ export class PixelUint16 implements Pixel, Iterable<Pixel>, Iterator<Pixel> {
         };
       }
     }
-    this._index += this.numChannels;
+    this._index += this.palette === undefined ? this.numChannels : 1;
     return <IteratorResult<Pixel>>{
       done: this._index >= this.image.data.length,
       value: this,
@@ -238,10 +254,16 @@ export class PixelUint16 implements Pixel, Iterable<Pixel>, Iterator<Pixel> {
   }
 
   public getChannel(channel: number | Channel): number {
-    if (channel === Channel.luminance) {
-      return this.luminance;
+    if (this.palette !== undefined) {
+      return this.palette.get(this.data[this._index], channel);
     } else {
-      return channel < this.numChannels ? this.data[this._index + channel] : 0;
+      if (channel === Channel.luminance) {
+        return this.luminance;
+      } else {
+        return channel < this.numChannels
+          ? this.data[this._index + channel]
+          : 0;
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/image/pixel-uint8.ts b/src/image/pixel-uint8.ts
index c5404ed..ad259bb 100644
--- a/src/image/pixel-uint8.ts
+++ b/src/image/pixel-uint8.ts
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ export class PixelUint8 implements Pixel, Iterable<Pixel>, Iterator<Pixel> {
       if (channel === Channel.luminance) {
         return this.luminance;
       } else {
-        return channel < this.data.length
+        return channel < this.numChannels
           ? this.data[this._index + channel]
           : 0;
       }
diff --git a/test/_input/tiff/CNSW_crop.tif b/test/_input/tiff/CNSW_crop.tif
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5dae7d4
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/_input/tiff/CNSW_crop.tif differ
diff --git a/test/format/format.tiff.test.ts b/test/format/format.tiff.test.ts
index 4b126c2..6baa078 100644
--- a/test/format/format.tiff.test.ts
+++ b/test/format/format.tiff.test.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,35 @@ type TiffFileInfo = {
 };
 
 describe('Format: TIFF', () => {
+  test('16bit colormap', () => {
+    const input = TestUtils.readFromFile(
+      TestFolder.input,
+      TestSection.tiff,
+      'CNSW_crop.tif'
+    );
+    const tiff = decodeTiff({
+      data: input,
+    });
+    expect(tiff).toBeDefined();
+    if (tiff === undefined) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const conv = tiff.convert({
+      format: Format.uint8,
+    });
+
+    const output = encodePng({
+      image: conv,
+    });
+    TestUtils.writeToFile(
+      TestFolder.output,
+      TestSection.tiff,
+      'CNSW_crop.png',
+      output
+    );
+  });
+
   test('encode', () => {
     const i0 = new MemoryImage({
       width: 256,