A surface tension control agent for coating materials includes a fluorine-containing (meth)acrylate copolymer obtained by copolymerizing a fluorine-substituted alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer (A), an alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer (B), and a hydroxyl group- or ether group-containing alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer (C), such that the ratio of (A) to {(B)+(C)} is 3 60 parts by weight to 40 97 parts by weight.