GraphemeToColorSynesthesia.java
package synethesia;

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

public class GraphemeToColorSynesthesia {
    /* 
    *Program to simulate 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 show the word or phrase in synesthetic color 
    * 
    */

   private static final int fontSize=30;
   //private static final String theLetters = "AEIOU";
   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 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 += 1){
         String letter = input.substring(i, i+1);
         Color color = getLetterColor(letter);
         miro.setColor(color);
         miro.draw(letter);
         miro.mrt(fontSize);
      }
   }

   private static void initializeColorMap(String specialLetters) {
      letters = new String[specialLetters.length()];
      colors = new Color[specialLetters.length()];
      for (int i = 0; i < specialLetters.length(); 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 +=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() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
           new GraphemeToColorSynesthesia();
        }
     });
  }


}