To provide an active energy ray-curable paint composition utilizing an active energy ray-curable paint composition of organism origin and forming coating film excellent in finishing properties, pencil hardness, scratch resistance, and weather resistance and solvent resistance.

An active energy ray-curable paint composition is characterized by containing (a1) an acrylic acid ester of acyclic oligosaccharide or its derivative having weight average molecular weight of 400 to 2,000 and containing an average of 3.0 to 12.0 acryloyl groups per molecule; and (a2) a photopolymerization initiator.