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| 1. | I      have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended      December 31, 2009 of Visualant, Incorporated, the    registrant; |
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| 2. | Based      on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a      material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the      statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements      were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this      report; |
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| 3. | Based      on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other than financial      information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all      material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash      flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this      report; |
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| 4. | The      registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for      establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as      defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal      control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules      13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and we  have: |
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|   | a. | Designed      such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure      controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure      that material information relating to the registrant, including any of its      consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those      entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is      being prepared; |
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|   | b. | Designed      such internal control over financial reporting, or caused      such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under      our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability      of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for      external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting      principles; |
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|   | c. | Evaluated      the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures      and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of      the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period      covered by this report based on such evaluation;  and |
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|   | d. | Disclosed      in this report any change in the registrant’s internal controls over      financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most      recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the      case of an annual report)  that has materially affected, or is      reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal controls      over financial reporting; and |
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| 5. | The      registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our      most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to      the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee (if any) of registrant’s      board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent      functions): |
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|   | a. | All      significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or      operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are      reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record,      process, summarize and report financial information;  and |
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|   | b. | Any      fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other      employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal      controls over financial reporting. |
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