diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index a8cda6a..797f27a 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -740,4 +740,153 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(config.hotkeys.react, vec!["e", "у"]);
         assert_eq!(config.hotkeys.profile, vec!["i", "ш"]);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_config_validate_valid() {
+        let config = Config::default();
+        assert!(config.validate().is_ok());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_config_validate_invalid_timezone_no_sign() {
+        let mut config = Config::default();
+        config.general.timezone = "03:00".to_string();
+
+        let result = config.validate();
+        assert!(result.is_err());
+        assert!(result.unwrap_err().contains("timezone"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_config_validate_valid_negative_timezone() {
+        let mut config = Config::default();
+        config.general.timezone = "-05:00".to_string();
+
+        assert!(config.validate().is_ok());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_config_validate_valid_positive_timezone() {
+        let mut config = Config::default();
+        config.general.timezone = "+09:00".to_string();
+
+        assert!(config.validate().is_ok());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_config_validate_invalid_color_incoming() {
+        let mut config = Config::default();
+        config.colors.incoming_message = "rainbow".to_string();
+
+        let result = config.validate();
+        assert!(result.is_err());
+        assert!(result.unwrap_err().contains("Invalid color"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_config_validate_invalid_color_outgoing() {
+        let mut config = Config::default();
+        config.colors.outgoing_message = "purple".to_string();
+
+        let result = config.validate();
+        assert!(result.is_err());
+        assert!(result.unwrap_err().contains("Invalid color"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_config_validate_invalid_color_selected() {
+        let mut config = Config::default();
+        config.colors.selected_message = "pink".to_string();
+
+        let result = config.validate();
+        assert!(result.is_err());
+        assert!(result.unwrap_err().contains("Invalid color"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_config_validate_valid_all_standard_colors() {
+        let colors = [
+            "black", "red", "green", "yellow", "blue", "magenta",
+            "cyan", "gray", "grey", "white", "darkgray", "darkgrey",
+            "lightred", "lightgreen", "lightyellow", "lightblue",
+            "lightmagenta", "lightcyan"
+        ];
+
+        for color in colors {
+            let mut config = Config::default();
+            config.colors.incoming_message = color.to_string();
+            config.colors.outgoing_message = color.to_string();
+            config.colors.selected_message = color.to_string();
+            config.colors.reaction_chosen = color.to_string();
+            config.colors.reaction_other = color.to_string();
+
+            assert!(
+                config.validate().is_ok(),
+                "Color '{}' should be valid",
+                color
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_config_validate_case_insensitive_colors() {
+        let mut config = Config::default();
+        config.colors.incoming_message = "RED".to_string();
+        config.colors.outgoing_message = "Green".to_string();
+        config.colors.selected_message = "YELLOW".to_string();
+
+        assert!(config.validate().is_ok());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_parse_color_standard() {
+        let config = Config::default();
+
+        use ratatui::style::Color;
+        assert_eq!(config.parse_color("red"), Color::Red);
+        assert_eq!(config.parse_color("green"), Color::Green);
+        assert_eq!(config.parse_color("blue"), Color::Blue);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_parse_color_light_variants() {
+        let config = Config::default();
+
+        use ratatui::style::Color;
+        assert_eq!(config.parse_color("lightred"), Color::LightRed);
+        assert_eq!(config.parse_color("lightgreen"), Color::LightGreen);
+        assert_eq!(config.parse_color("lightblue"), Color::LightBlue);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_parse_color_gray_variants() {
+        let config = Config::default();
+
+        use ratatui::style::Color;
+        assert_eq!(config.parse_color("gray"), Color::Gray);
+        assert_eq!(config.parse_color("grey"), Color::Gray);
+        assert_eq!(config.parse_color("darkgray"), Color::DarkGray);
+        assert_eq!(config.parse_color("darkgrey"), Color::DarkGray);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_parse_color_case_insensitive() {
+        let config = Config::default();
+
+        use ratatui::style::Color;
+        assert_eq!(config.parse_color("RED"), Color::Red);
+        assert_eq!(config.parse_color("Green"), Color::Green);
+        assert_eq!(config.parse_color("LIGHTBLUE"), Color::LightBlue);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_parse_color_invalid_fallback() {
+        let config = Config::default();
+
+        use ratatui::style::Color;
+        // Invalid colors should fallback to White
+        assert_eq!(config.parse_color("rainbow"), Color::White);
+        assert_eq!(config.parse_color("purple"), Color::White);
+        assert_eq!(config.parse_color("unknown"), Color::White);
+    }
 }