Deep purple: By the transformation of readily available N,N‐disubstituted 2‐aminothiophenes and 2‐aminothiazoles into heterocyclic analogues of Crystal Violet, such as, tris(2‐dimethylamino‐5‐thienyl)methinium prechlorate (cation shown), the series of dyes derived from these heterocyclic structural units as the important chromophoric component is significantly extended and a gap in the class of heteroanalogous triphenylmethane dyes has been closed.