GraphemeToColorSynesthesia.java
package synesthesia;

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

public class GraphemeToColorSynesthesia {

    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 miro = new SPainter("miro", 2000, 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++){
            String letter = input.substring(i, i+1);
            Color color = getLettercolor(letter);
            miro.setColor(color);
            miro.draw(letter);
            miro.mrt(fontsize);
        }
    }

    private static Color getLettercolor(String letter) {
        for (int i = 0; i < letters.length; i++){
            if (letter.equalsIgnoreCase(letters[i])){
                return colors[i];
            }
        }
        return Color.black;
    }

    private void eraseWhiteBoard(SPainter miro) {
        miro.setColor(Color.WHITE);
        miro.wash();
        miro.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 GraphemeToColorSynesthesia(){
        paintingCode();
    }

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