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