Abstract: A paint tray, for use in painting with a paint roller and paint brush includes a rectangularly shaped bottom with a surrounding vertically extending raised wall which has at the upper edge of the wall vertically extending tabs for easily and quickly retaining a paint brush in a generally horizontally disposed orientation across upper edges of adjacent raised side walls, i.e., one corner of the tray, adjacent the paint well or reservoir. The paint tray allows a painter to quickly alternate between use of a paint roller and a paint brush in that the paint tray provides a non-interfering place for securely placing the paint brush when using the paint roller. A preferred embodiment of the paint tray includes a surrounding vertically extending raised wall which has at the upper edge of the wall cutouts for retaining a paint brush in a generally horizontally disposed orientation across upper edges of adjacent raised side walls, i.e., a corner, adjacent the paint well or reservoir.