Back Pattern #945
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Pixel by pixel, sharp and clean. Very light pattern with clear lines.
Source M.Ashok
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Blue CC 0The rectangular tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
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Spiral pattern 3 #1934
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