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