diff --git a/tests/RuntimeParameterUtilsTests.cpp b/tests/RuntimeParameterUtilsTests.cpp
index b3a7a9a..42d8a1d 100644
--- a/tests/RuntimeParameterUtilsTests.cpp
+++ b/tests/RuntimeParameterUtilsTests.cpp
@@ -78,6 +78,53 @@ void TestVectorNormalization()
 	Expect(!NormalizeAndValidateParameterValue(definition, shortInput, value, error), "vec2 parameter rejects wrong component count");
 }
 
+void TestColorAndBooleanNormalization()
+{
+	ShaderParameterDefinition colorDefinition;
+	colorDefinition.id = "tint";
+	colorDefinition.type = ShaderParameterType::Color;
+	colorDefinition.defaultNumbers = { 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 };
+	colorDefinition.minNumbers = { 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 };
+	colorDefinition.maxNumbers = { 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 };
+
+	JsonValue colorInput = JsonValue::MakeArray();
+	colorInput.pushBack(JsonValue(-0.5));
+	colorInput.pushBack(JsonValue(0.25));
+	colorInput.pushBack(JsonValue(1.5));
+	colorInput.pushBack(JsonValue(0.75));
+
+	ShaderParameterValue value;
+	std::string error;
+	Expect(NormalizeAndValidateParameterValue(colorDefinition, colorInput, value, error), "color parameter accepts four-component arrays");
+	Expect(value.numberValues.size() == 4 &&
+		value.numberValues[0] == 0.0 &&
+		value.numberValues[1] == 0.25 &&
+		value.numberValues[2] == 1.0 &&
+		value.numberValues[3] == 0.75, "color parameter clamps each component");
+
+	JsonValue shortColor = JsonValue::MakeArray();
+	shortColor.pushBack(JsonValue(1.0));
+	shortColor.pushBack(JsonValue(1.0));
+	shortColor.pushBack(JsonValue(1.0));
+	error.clear();
+	Expect(!NormalizeAndValidateParameterValue(colorDefinition, shortColor, value, error), "color parameter rejects wrong component count");
+
+	ShaderParameterDefinition boolDefinition;
+	boolDefinition.id = "enabled";
+	boolDefinition.type = ShaderParameterType::Boolean;
+	boolDefinition.defaultBoolean = true;
+
+	ShaderParameterValue defaultValue = DefaultValueForDefinition(boolDefinition);
+	Expect(defaultValue.booleanValue, "boolean default is copied from definition");
+
+	error.clear();
+	Expect(NormalizeAndValidateParameterValue(boolDefinition, JsonValue(false), value, error), "boolean parameter accepts boolean values");
+	Expect(!value.booleanValue, "boolean parameter stores selected value");
+
+	error.clear();
+	Expect(!NormalizeAndValidateParameterValue(boolDefinition, JsonValue("false"), value, error), "boolean parameter rejects string values");
+}
+
 void TestEnumAndDefaults()
 {
 	ShaderParameterDefinition definition;
@@ -127,6 +174,7 @@ int main()
 	TestSafePresetFileStems();
 	TestFloatNormalization();
 	TestVectorNormalization();
+	TestColorAndBooleanNormalization();
 	TestEnumAndDefaults();
 	TestTextNormalization();
 
diff --git a/tests/Std140BufferTests.cpp b/tests/Std140BufferTests.cpp
index 755fe59..323bf27 100644
--- a/tests/Std140BufferTests.cpp
+++ b/tests/Std140BufferTests.cpp
@@ -55,12 +55,42 @@ void TestVectorAlignment()
 	Expect(ReadFloat(buffer, 16) == 4.0f, "vec4 x value is aligned");
 	Expect(ReadFloat(buffer, 28) == 7.0f, "vec4 w value is written");
 }
+
+void TestGlobalParamStylePacking()
+{
+	std::vector<unsigned char> buffer;
+	AppendStd140Float(buffer, 10.0f);				// time
+	AppendStd140Vec2(buffer, 1920.0f, 1080.0f);		// input resolution
+	AppendStd140Vec2(buffer, 1280.0f, 720.0f);		// output resolution
+	AppendStd140Float(buffer, 42.0f);				// frame count
+	AppendStd140Float(buffer, 0.5f);				// mix
+	AppendStd140Float(buffer, 1.0f);				// bypass
+	AppendStd140Int(buffer, 3);						// source history length
+	AppendStd140Int(buffer, 2);						// temporal history length
+	AppendStd140Float(buffer, 0.25f);				// float parameter
+	AppendStd140Vec2(buffer, 4.0f, 5.0f);			// vec2 parameter
+	AppendStd140Vec4(buffer, 0.1f, 0.2f, 0.3f, 1.0f); // color parameter
+	AppendStd140Int(buffer, 1);						// boolean parameter
+	AppendStd140Int(buffer, 2);						// enum parameter
+	buffer.resize(AlignStd140(buffer.size(), 16), 0);
+
+	Expect(buffer.size() == 96, "global parameter style block is padded to a 16-byte boundary");
+	Expect(ReadFloat(buffer, 0) == 10.0f, "time is at the start of the block");
+	Expect(ReadFloat(buffer, 8) == 1920.0f, "first vec2 aligns after scalar padding");
+	Expect(ReadFloat(buffer, 16) == 1280.0f, "second vec2 follows first vec2");
+	Expect(ReadInt(buffer, 36) == 3, "history length scalar remains tightly packed");
+	Expect(ReadFloat(buffer, 48) == 4.0f, "vec2 shader parameter aligns to 8 bytes");
+	Expect(ReadFloat(buffer, 64) == 0.1f, "color parameter aligns to 16 bytes");
+	Expect(ReadInt(buffer, 80) == 1, "boolean parameter follows vec4");
+	Expect(ReadInt(buffer, 84) == 2, "enum parameter follows boolean");
+}
 }
 
 int main()
 {
 	TestScalarPacking();
 	TestVectorAlignment();
+	TestGlobalParamStylePacking();
 
 	if (gFailures != 0)
 	{