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("Name", 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) {
37                   input = "EXIT";
38               }
39               input = input.toUpperCase();
40               if (input.equals("EXIT")) {
41                   break;
42               } else if (input.equals("REMAP")) {
43                   initializeColorMap(theLetters);
44                   showLetters(miro, theLetters);
45               } else {
46                   showLetters(miro, input.toUpperCase());
47               }
48           }
49           miro.end();
50       }
51   
52       private static void showLetters(SPainter miro, String input) {
53           // READY
54           eraseWhiteBoard(miro);
55           // SET
56           miro.moveTo(new Point.Double(100,100));
57           // GO
58           for ( int i = 0; i < input.length(); i = i+1 ) {
59               String letter = input.substring(i, i+1);
60               Color color = getLetterColor(letter);
61               miro.setColor(color);
62               miro.draw(letter);
63               miro.mrt(fontsize);
64           }
65   }
66   
67       private static void initializeColorMap(String specialLetters) {
68       letters = new String[specialLetters.length()];
69       colors = new Color[specialLetters.length()];
70       for ( int i = 0; i < specialLetters.length(); i = i+1) {
71           letters[i] = specialLetters.substring(i,i+1);
72           colors[i] = randomColor();
73       }
74       }
75   
76       private static Color getLetterColor(String letter) {
77           for ( int i = 0; i < letters.length; i=i+1) {
78               if (letter.equalsIgnoreCase(letters[i])) {
79                   return colors[i];
80               }
81           }
82            return Color.BLACK;
83       }
84   
85       private static Color randomColor() {
86           int rv = (int)(Math.random()*256);
87           int gv = (int)(Math.random()*256);
88           int bv = (int)(Math.random()*256);
89           return new Color(rv,gv,bv);
90       }
91   
92       private static void eraseWhiteBoard(SPainter miro) {
93           miro.setColor(Color.WHITE);
94           miro.wash();
95           miro.paintFrame(Color.black,5);
96       }
97   
98       // INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SOME SIMPLE PAINTING
99       public GraphemeToColorSynesthesia() {
100          paintingCode();
101      }
102  
103      public static void main (String[] args) {
104          SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
105              public void run() {
106                  new GraphemeToColorSynesthesia();
107              }
108          });
109      }
110  }
111