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