Background pattern 202 (colour 2) #2489
Green CC 0Based on several public domain drawings on Wikimedia Commons. This was formed from a rectangular tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
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Background pattern 254 (colour) #2143
Colorful CC 0To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 254 #2040
Dark CC 0Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857
Source Firkin
Cardboard #278
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A good starting point for a cardboard pattern. This would work well in a variety of colors.
Source Atle Mo
Background pattern 234 #2259
Brown CC 0Drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 308 (colour 3) #1870
Colorful CC 0Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Vintage pattern #1959
Grid CC 0Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
Argyle@2X #644
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Classy golf-pants pattern, or crossed stripes if you will.
Source Will Monson
"Beige Stone", Seamless Web Texture #1031
Stone CC BY-SA 3.0It looks like a polished stone surface to me. Download it for free, as always.
Source V. Hartikainen
Little Knobs@2X #311
Light CC BY-SA 3.0White little knobs, coming in at 10x10px. Sweet!
Source Amos
School #1318
Yellow CC BY-SA 3.0Spice up your next school project with this icon background.
Source Swetha
Background pattern 302 (colour 2) #1893
Dark CC 0The tile this fill pattern is based on can be had by using shift+alt+i on the rectangle.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 292 #1774
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Fabric Pattern with Stitch Holes #1163
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0A grayscale fabric pattern with vertical lines of stitch holes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Tessellation 10 (variant 1) #2546
Grid CC 0An alternative colour scheme to the original seamless pattern.
Source Firkin
White Wave #681
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Light and tiny, just the way you like it.
Source Rohit Arun Rao
"Polished Stone", Gray Background Pattern #1053
Stone CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless gray background texture suitable for use on websites. To me, it has the look of stone. Feel free to modify it to meet your needs (by making it a bit lighter or darker, for example).
Source V. Hartikainen
Dark Wall@2X #818
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo
MBossed@2X #194
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Embossed lines and squares with subtle highlights.
Source Alex Parker
Decorative divider 232 #2148
Dark CC 0From a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.
Source Firkin
Wavy background #2022
Blue CC 0CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
Decorative divider #1996
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Two Women in the Klondike', Mary Hitchcock, 1899.
Source Firkin
GPlay #735
Light CC BY-SA 3.0A playful triangle pattern with different shades of gray.
Source Dimitrie Hoekstra