1    /* 
2     * Program to simulate the phenomenon known as grapheme to color synesthesia. 
3     * This program is written as the interpreter that recognizes and responds to: 
4     * - exit | terminate the program 
5     * - remap | redefine the mapping of letters to colors 
6     * - WORD OR PHRASE | simply show the word or phrase in synesthetic color 
7     */
8    
9    package synesthesia;
10   
11   import java.awt.Color;
12   import java.awt.Point;
13   import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
14   import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
15   import painter.SPainter;
16   
17   public class GraphemeToColorSynesthesia {
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           initializeColorMap(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                   initializeColorMap(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 Point.Double(100,100));
55           //GO
56           for ( int i = 0; i < input.length(); i++) {
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 initializeColorMap(String specialLetters) {
66           letters = new String[specialLetters.length()];
67           colors = new Color[specialLetters.length()];
68           for ( int i = 0; i < specialLetters.length(); i++){
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++) {
76               if ( letter.equalsIgnoreCase(letters[i]) ) {
77                   return colors[i];
78               }
79           }
80           return Color.BLACK;
81   
82       }
83   
84       private static Color randomColor() {
85           int rv = (int)(Math.random()*256);
86           int gv = (int)(Math.random()*256);
87           int bv = (int)(Math.random()*256);
88           return new Color(rv,gv,bv);
89       }
90       private static void eraseWhiteBoard(SPainter miro) {
91           miro.setColor(Color.WHITE);
92           miro.wash();
93           miro.paintFrame(Color.black, 5);
94       }
95   
96       //INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SOME SIMPLE PAINTING
97       public GraphemeToColorSynesthesia() {
98           paintingCode();
99       }
100  
101      public static void main(String[] args) {
102          SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
103              public void run() {
104                  new GraphemeToColorSynesthesia();
105              }
106          });
107      }
108  }
109