GraphemeToColorSynesthesia.java
/* 
 * Program to stimulate the phenomenon known as grapheme to color synesthesia 
 *  - exit | terminate the program 
 *  - remap | redefine the mapping from letters to colors 
 *  - WORD OR PHRASE | simply show the word or phrase in synesthetic color 
 */

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("pic" ,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 static 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 = 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 = 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 = 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 FROM SOME SIMPLE PAINTING
        public GraphemeToColorSynesthesia() {
            paintingCode();
        }

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