GraphemeToColorSynesthesia.java
/* 
* Program to simulate the phenomenom known as grapheme to color synthesia. 
* This program is written as an interpreter that recognizes and responds to: 
* -exit| terminate the program 
* -remap| redefine the mapping from letters to colors 
* -WORD OR PHASE| simply show the word or phrase in synesthetic color 
 */

package synethesia;

import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Point;
import javax.swing.*;

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(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= 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 FOR SOME SIMPLTE PAINTING
    public GraphemeToColorSynesthesia(){
        paintingCode();
    }
    public static void main (String[] args){
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                new GraphemeToColorSynesthesia();
            }
        });
    }
}