1    /* 
2    Program to simulate 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    
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=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 initializeColorMap(String specialLetters) {
66           letters=new String[specialLetters.length()];
67           colors=new Color[specialLetters.length()];
68           for (int i=0; i<letters.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                   return colors[i]
78   ;            }
79           }
80           return Color.BLACK;
81       }
82   
83       private static Color randomColor() {
84           int rv=(int)(Math.random()*256);
85           int gv = (int)(Math.random()*256);
86           int bv=(int)(Math.random())*256;
87           return new Color(rv,gv,bv);
88       }
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       //INFRASTUCTURE 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