GraphemeToColorSynthesia.java
package synesthesia;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Point;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import painter.SPainter;

public class GraphemeToColorSynthesia {

    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 painter=new SPainter("Canvas",1200,220);
        painter.setScreenLocation(30,30);
        painter.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(painter,theLetters);
            }else{
                showLetters(painter,input.toUpperCase());
            }
        }
        painter.end();
    }

    private void showLetters(SPainter painter, String input) {
        //Ready
        eraseWhiteBoard(painter);
        //Set
        painter.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);
            painter.setColor(color);
            painter.draw(letter);
            painter.mrt(fontsize);
        }
    }

    private 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 void eraseWhiteBoard(SPainter painter) {
        painter.setColor(Color.WHITE);
        painter.wash();
        painter.paintFrame(Color.BLACK,5);
    }

    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 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);
    }

    //Infrastructure for some simple painting
    public GraphemeToColorSynthesia(){
        paintingCode();
    }

    public static void main(String[] args){
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run(){
                new GraphemeToColorSynthesia();
            }
        });
    }
}