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    package synesthesia;
9    
10   import java.awt.Color;
11   import java.awt.Point;
12   import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
13   import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
14   
15   import painter.SPainter;
16   
17   public class GraphemeToColorSynesthesia {
18       private static final int fontsize = 30;
19       private static final String theLetters = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
20       private static String[] letters;
21       private static Color[] colors;
22   
23       private void paintingCode() {
24   
25           // INITIALIZATIONS
26           SPainter miro = new SPainter("Synesthesia", 1200, 220);
27           miro.setScreenLocation(30, 30);
28           miro.setFontSize(fontsize);
29           initializeColorMap(theLetters);
30           // INTERPRETATION
31           while (true) {
32               String input = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,
33                       "Please enter a word, or a few words ...");
34               if (input == null) {
35                   input = "EXIT";
36               }
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           miro.end();
48       }
49   
50       private static void showLetters(SPainter miro, String input) {
51           // READY
52           eraseWhiteBoard(miro);
53           // SET
54           miro.moveTo(new Point.Double(100, 100));
55           // GO
56           for (int i = 0; i < input.length(); i = i + 1) {
57               String letter = input.substring(i, i + 1);
58               Color color = getLetterColor(letter);
59               miro.setColor(color);
60               miro.draw(letter);
61               miro.mrt(fontsize);
62           }
63       }
64   
65       private static void initializeColorMap(String specialLetters) {
66           letters = new String[specialLetters.length()];
67           colors = new Color[specialLetters.length()];
68           for (int i = 0; i < specialLetters.length(); i = i + 1) {
69               letters[i] = specialLetters.substring(i, i + 1);
70               colors[i] = randomColor();
71           }
72       }
73   
74       private static Color getLetterColor(String letter) {
75           for (int i = 0; i < letters.length; i = i + 1) {
76               if (letter.equalsIgnoreCase(letters[i])) {
77                   return colors[i];
78               }
79           }
80           return Color.BLACK;
81       }
82   
83       private static Color randomColor() {
84           int rv = (int) (Math.random() * 256);
85           int gv = (int) (Math.random() * 256);
86           int bv = (int) (Math.random() * 256);
87           return new Color(rv, gv, bv);
88       }
89   
90       private static void eraseWhiteBoard(SPainter miro) {
91           miro.setColor(Color.WHITE);
92           miro.wash();
93           miro.paintFrame(Color.black, 5);
94       }
95   
96       // INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SOME SIMPLE PAINTING
97       public GraphemeToColorSynesthesia() {
98           paintingCode();
99       }
100  
101      public static void main(String[] args) {
102          SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
103              public void run() {
104                  new GraphemeToColorSynesthesia();
105              }
106          });
107      }
108  }