1    /* 
2    * Program to stimulate the phenomenon known as grapheme to color synesthesia. 
3    * This program is written as an interpreter that recognizes and responds to: 
4    * - exit | terminate the program 
5    * - remap | redefine the mapping from letters to colors 
6    * - WORD OR PHRASE | simply show the word or phrase in synesthetic color 
7     */
8    package synesthesia;
9    
10   import java.awt.Color;
11   import java.awt.Point;
12   import java.awt.geom.Point2D;
13   import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
14   import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
15   import painter.SPainter;
16   
17   public class GraphemeToColorSynesthia {
18   
19       private static final int fontSize = 30;
20       private static final String theLetters = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
21       private static String[] letters;
22       private static Color[] colors;
23   
24       private void paintingCode() {
25   
26           //INITIALIZATION
27           SPainter miro = new SPainter(1200,220);
28           miro.setScreenLocation(30,30);
29           miro.setFontSize(fontSize);
30           intializeColorMap(theLetters);
31   
32           //INTERPRETATION
33           while (true) {
34               String input = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,
35                       "Please enter a word, or a few words ...");
36               if(input == null) { input = "EXIT"; }
37               input = input.toUpperCase();
38               if ( input.equals("EXIT")) {
39                   break;
40               } else if (input.equals("REMAP")) {
41                   intializeColorMap(theLetters);
42                   showLetters(miro,theLetters);
43               } else {
44                   showLetters(miro,input.toUpperCase());
45               }
46           }
47           miro.end();
48       }
49   
50       private static void showLetters(SPainter miro, String input) {
51           //READY
52           eraseWhiteBoard(miro);
53           //SET
54           miro.moveTo(new Point2D.Double(100,100));
55           //GO
56           for ( int i = 0; i < input.length(); i = i + 1) {
57               String letter = input.substring(i, i + 1);
58               Color color = getLetterColor(letter);
59               miro.setColor(color);
60               miro.draw(letter);
61               miro.mrt(fontSize);
62           }
63       }
64   
65       private static void intializeColorMap(String specialLetters) {
66           letters = new String[specialLetters.length()];
67           colors = new Color[specialLetters.length()];
68           for (int i = 0; i < specialLetters.length(); i = i + 1) {
69               letters[i] = specialLetters.substring(i, i+1);
70               colors[i] = randomColor();
71           }
72       }
73   
74       private static Color getLetterColor(String letter) {
75           for (int i = 0; i < letters.length; i = i + 1) {
76               if (letter.equalsIgnoreCase(letters[i])) {
77   
78                   return colors[i];
79   
80               }
81           }
82           //return Color.BLACK;
83           return Color.BLACK;
84       }
85   
86       private static Color randomColor() {
87           int rv = (int)(Math.random()*256);
88           int gv = (int)(Math.random()*256);
89           int bv = (int)(Math.random()*256);
90           return new Color(rv,gv,bv);
91       }
92   
93       private static void eraseWhiteBoard(SPainter miro) {
94           miro.setColor(Color.WHITE);
95           miro.wash();
96           miro.paintFrame(Color.black, 5);
97       }
98   
99       //INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SOME SIMPLE PAINTING
100      public  GraphemeToColorSynesthia() {
101          paintingCode();
102      }
103  
104      public static void main(String[] args) {
105          SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
106              @Override
107              public void run() {
108                  new GraphemeToColorSynesthia();
109              }
110          });
111      }
112  }
113