A portable holder a container of paint, and the like, which is capable of being positioned at a multitude of locations on a ladder, or on other structures, which portability allows one to move the supply of paint from one location to another. The holder has it own dedicated, container or receptacle in which paint is poured from a paint can, which receptacle may be releasably latched to the holder itself, whereby the chances of spillage of paint is greatly reduced. The portable holder of the invention is also provided with a vertically-extending hook that is used for suspending the device from a rung of a ladder, or other supporting structure, and a horizontally-extending hook that is used for suspending a paint brush. A stop prevents the horizontally-extending hook from rotating when the vertically-extending hook rotates. The main frame of the portable holder for a paint container of the invention is a generally open structure, so that the paint in the dedicated receptacle, or other container supported on the lower shelf thereof, may be readily and facilely accessed from almost a full 360 degree orientation about the receptacle and thereabove.