GraphemeToColorSynesthesia.java
package synesthesia;

/* 
*Program to stimulate the phenomenon known as grapheme to color synesthesia. 
* This program is written as an interpreter that recognizes and responds to: 
* -exit | terminate the program 
* -remap | redefine the mapping from letters to colors 
* -WORD OR PHRASE | simply shows the word or phrase in synesthetic color 
 */

import painter.SPainter;

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;

public class GraphemeToColorSynesthesia {
    private static final int fontsize = 30;
    private static final String theLetters = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
    private static String[] letters;
    private static Color[] colors;

    private void paintingCode(){
        //INITIALIZATION
        SPainter miro = new SPainter(1200,220);
        miro.setScreenLocation(30,30);
        miro.setFontSize(fontsize);
        initializeColorMap(theLetters);

        //INTERPRETATION
        while(true){
            String input = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Please enter a word, or a few words...");
            if(input == null){
                input = "Exit";
            }
            input = input.toUpperCase();
            if(input.equals("EXIT")){
                break;
            }
            else if(input.equals("REMAP")){
                initializeColorMap(theLetters);
                showLetters(miro, theLetters);
            }
            else{
                showLetters(miro, input.toUpperCase());
            }
            miro.end();
        }

    }



    private static void showLetters(SPainter miro, String input){
        //READY
        eraseWhiteBoard(miro);
        //SET
        miro.moveTo(new Point.Double(100,100));
        //GO
        for(int i = 0; i < input.length(); i = i + 1){
            String letter = input.substring(i, i + 1);
            Color color = getLetterColor(letter);
            miro.setColor(color);
            miro.draw(letter);
            miro.mrt(fontsize);
        }
    }
    private void initializeColorMap(String specialLetters) {
        letters = new String[specialLetters.length()];
        colors = new Color[specialLetters.length()];
        for(int i = 0; i < specialLetters.length(); i = i+1 ){
            letters[i]= specialLetters.substring(i,i+1);
            colors[i]= randomColor();
        }
    }
    private static Color getLetterColor(String letter){
        for(int i = 0; i < letters.length; i = i+1){
            if(letter.equalsIgnoreCase(letters[i])){
                return colors[i];
            }
        }
        return Color.BLACK;
    }
    private static Color randomColor(){
        int rv = (int)(Math.random()*256);
        int gv = (int)(Math.random()*256);
        int bv = (int)(Math.random()*256);
        return new Color(rv,gv,bv);
    }
    private static void eraseWhiteBoard(SPainter miro){
        miro.setColor(Color.WHITE);
        miro.wash();
        miro.paintFrame(Color.black, 5);
    }

    //INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SOME SIMPLE PAINTING
    public GraphemeToColorSynesthesia(){
        paintingCode();
    }
    public static void main(String[]args){
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {

        public void run(){
            new GraphemeToColorSynesthesia();
        }
    });
    }}