a liquid from a pressurized aerosol container the hydrocarbons which are useful as propellants are those which have 3 or 4 carbon atoms and are liquifiable under the pressure employed in the aerosol container the hydrocarbons may be used alone or as a blend of hydrocarbons in which case the hydrocarbons having 3 or 4 carbon atoms may be mixed with hydrocarbons having up to 10 carbon atoms there may also be employed blends of a hydrocarbon and a halogenated hydrocarbon exemplary of hydrocarbons useful in the aerosol latex paint composition of this invention are propane butane isobutane mixtures thereof and the like these hydrocarbons may be admixed with other low boiling hydrocarbons such as xylene toluene and the like halogenated hydrocarbons useful as propellants are those having one to four carbon atoms and are preferably fluorinated as with hydrocarbons the halogenated hydrocarbons used as propellants must be liquifiable under the conditions prevailing in the aerosol container and must have a vapor pressure sufficient to carry the paint from the container as the pressure is released mixtures of halogenated hydrocarbons may be employed in which case the components should be compatible under the prevailing conditions within these guidelines among the halogenated hydrocarbons useful in the aerosol paint formulation of this invention are trichlorofluoromethane dichlorodifluoromethane dichlorofluoromethane dichloromethane.