GraphemeToColorSynesthesia.java
package synesthesia;

import painter.SPainter;

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

public class GraphemeToColorSynesthesia {

    private static final int fontsize = 30;
    private static final String theLetters = "AEIOU";
    private static String[] letters;
    private static Color[] colors;

    private void paintingCode(){

        // INITILIZATION
        SPainter miro = new SPainter("Painter",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 = "EXIT" ;}
            input = input.toUpperCase();
            if (input.equals("EXIT")) {
                break;
            } else if (input.equals("REMAP")) {
                initializeColorMap(theLetters);
                showLetters(miro, theLetters);
            } else {
                initializeColorMap(input.toUpperCase());
                showLetters(miro,input.toUpperCase());
            }
        }
        miro.end();
    }

    private 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++){
           String letter = input.substring(i,i+1);
           Color color = getLettercolor(letter);
           miro.setColor(color);
           miro.draw(letter);
           miro.mrt(fontsize);

        }

    }

    private Color getLettercolor(String letter) {
        for (int i = 0; i< letters.length; i++){
            if (letter.equalsIgnoreCase(letters[i])){
                return colors[i];
            }
        }
        return Color.BLACK;
    }


    private void initializeColorMap(String specialLetters) {
        letters = new String[specialLetters.length()];
        colors = new Color[specialLetters.length()];
        for (int i= 0; i< specialLetters.length();i++) {
            letters[i] = specialLetters.substring(i,i+1);
            colors [i] = randomColor();

        }
    }

    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 simple painting
    public GraphemeToColorSynesthesia(){
        paintingCode();
    }

    public static void main (String[] agrs){
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                new GraphemeToColorSynesthesia();

            }
        });
    }
}