The present invention addresses the problem of providing a
solvent-type base
coating material composition that can achieve both reduction in
energy load and storage stability during formation of a
coating film while maintaining the appearance of the
coating film. This
solvent-type base coating material composition comprises: (A) a
pigment containing one or more kinds selected from the group consisting of coloring pigments and flake pigments; (B1) a specific
hydroxy group-containing
acrylic resin having a weight average molecular weight of 10,000-20,000; (B2) a
hydroxy group-containing
acrylic resin having a weight average molecular weight of 3,000-7,500; (C) a blocked
isocyanate compound; (E) a
melamine resin containing a fully alkylated
melamine resin; (D)
polymer crosslinked fine particles insoluble and stably dispersed in a solution of the
hydroxy group-containing
acrylic resin (B1); (F) an acid catalyst having no
counterion; and (G) an amine compound containing a secondary amine compound. The
solid content is 35% by
mass or more. When a
viscosity V1 is measured at 23°C under a
shear rate of 0.1 / sec using a cone-plate
viscometer, followed by 30 seconds of shearing with the
shear rate changed from 0.1 / sec to 25,000 / sec and then one second of shearing with the
shear rate returned to 0.1 / sec, and a
viscosity V2 is subsequently measured, the
viscosity recovery rate V2 / V1, which is the ratio of V2 to V1, is 90% or more.