Exhibit 99.1

                Visualant Enters Into Letter of Intent
                  for the Acquisition of the RATLab


    SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 22, 2007--Visualant, Inc.
(OTCBB:VSUL), a technology company developing spectral data-based
security and quality control solutions, today announced that it has
entered into a letter of intent to acquire, in an all stock
transaction, all interest in RATLab Acquisition Inc.

    The RATLab, founded by Dr. Tom Furness and Dr. Brian Schowengerdt,
has been under contract to Visualant to conduct research and product
development for the company.

    The RATLab team of scientists has provided the technology behind
several Visualant pending patents, and the early product development
of Visualant technology through the "Cyclops(TM)" project.

    Upon closing of the acquisition, Dr. Tom Furness will join the
Board of Directors of Visualant, and Dr. Brian Schowengerdt will
become Chief Technology Officer of the Company.

    Ron Erickson, Visualant Chairman and Co-Founder, said, "This
acquisition is a significant benchmark in the development of the
Company. We will benefit tremendously from the direct participation
and contribution of Dr. Tom Furness and Dr. Brian Schowengerdt in the
growth of Visualant."

    Dr. Furness stated, "We are proud of the technology developed by
RATLab, and eager to be involved in the future growth and development
and the Company." Dr. Furness, Founder of the RATLab, Founder and
Director Emeritus of the Human Interface Technology Laboratory, and a
Professor at the University of Washington, is a world-recognized
expert in virtual reality and the human interface to technology. His
role at Visualant is independent from his University responsibilities.

    Dr. Schowengerdt, fellow Founder of the RATLab, said, "I look
forward to leading the technology team at Visualant. We have a
world-class group of scientists working with us and their current and
future contributions will vitalize the growth of the Company."

    Brad Sparks, Visualant CEO said, "We expect this transaction to
close within the next sixty days. It brings productive synergy to the
Company and its scientists and is a great step forward."

    About Visualant, Inc.

    Visualant, Inc. develops low-cost, high-speed, light-based
security and quality control solutions available for use in homeland
security, anti-counterfeiting, forgery/fraud prevention, brand
protection and process control applications. Our patent-pending
technology uses controlled illumination with specific bands of light,
measures and records what is seen, and manages data gathered in an
innovative manner enabling our devices to establish a unique spectral
signature for both individual and classes of items. Those spectral
signatures, when matched against existing databases, allow precise
identification and authentication of any item or substance. Our common
stock is listed on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol, "VSUL."

    The statements made by Visualant, Inc. in this press release may
be forward-looking in nature and are made pursuant to the safe harbor
provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Such forward-looking statements describe the Company's future plans,
projections, strategies and expectations, and may be identified by
words such as "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans,"
"believes," "seeks," "estimates" or words of similar meaning. These
forward-looking statements are based on assumptions and involve a
number of risks, uncertainties, situations and other factors that may
cause our or our industry's actual results, level of activity,
performance or achievements to be materially different from any future
results, level of activity, performance or achievements expressed or
implied by these statements. These factors include changes in interest
rates, market competition, changes in the local and national
economies, and various other factors detailed from time to time in
Visualant, Inc. SEC reports and filings, including our Annual Report
on Form 10-KSB and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-QSB and
Current Report on Form 8-K. The Company undertakes no obligation to
update publicly any forward-looking statements to reflect new
information, events or circumstances after the date hereof to reflect
the occurrence of unanticipated events.


    CONTACT: Visualant, Inc.
             Lynn Felsinger, 206-903-1351
             Fax: 206-903-1352
             lynn@visualant.net