1    /* 
2     * Program to stimulate 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           // INITIALIZATION
26           SPainter miro = new SPainter ("synesthesia",1200,220);
27           miro.setScreenLocation(30,30);
28           miro.setFontSize(fontsize);
29           initializeColorMap(theLetters);
30   
31           //INTERPRETATION
32           while (true) {
33               String input = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,
34                       "Please enter a word, or a few words ...");
35               if(input == null){input = "EXIT";}
36               input = input.toUpperCase();
37               if (input.equals("EXIT")){
38                   break;
39               } else if (input.equals("REMAP")){
40                   initializeColorMap(theLetters);
41                   showLetters(miro,theLetters);
42               } else {
43                   showLetters(miro,input.toUpperCase());
44               }
45           }
46           miro.end();
47       }
48   
49       private static void showLetters(SPainter miro, String input){
50           // READY
51           eraseWhiteBoard(miro);
52           // SET
53           miro.moveTo(new Point.Double(100,100));
54           // GO
55           for(int i = 0; i < input.length(); i = i + 1) {
56               String letter = input.substring(i,i+1);
57               Color color = getLetterColor(letter);
58               miro.setColor(color);
59               miro.draw(letter);
60               miro.mrt(fontsize);
61           }
62       }
63   
64       private static void initializeColorMap(String specialLetters){
65           letters = new String[specialLetters.length()];
66           colors = new Color[specialLetters.length()];
67           for(int i = 0; i < specialLetters.length(); i = i + 1){
68               letters[i]= specialLetters.substring(i,i+1);
69               colors[i] = randomColor();
70           }
71       }
72   
73       private static Color getLetterColor(String letter){
74           for( int i = 0; i < letters.length; i = i + 1){
75               if(letter.equalsIgnoreCase(letters[i])){
76                   return colors[i];
77               }
78           }
79           return Color.BLACK;
80       }
81   
82       private static Color randomColor(){
83           int rv = (int)(Math.random()*256);
84           int gv = (int)(Math.random()*256);
85           int bv = (int)(Math.random()*256);
86           return new Color(rv,gv,bv);
87       }
88   
89       private static void eraseWhiteBoard(SPainter miro){
90           miro.setColor(Color.WHITE);
91           miro.wash();
92           miro.paintFrame(Color.black,5);
93       }
94       //INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SOME SIMPLE PAINTING
95       public GraphemeToColorSynesthesia(){
96           paintingCode();
97       }
98   
99       public static void main(String[] args){
100          SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
101              public void run() {
102                  new GraphemeToColorSynesthesia();
103              }
104          });
105      }
106  }
107