Background pattern 224 (colour 3) #2340
Colorful CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
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Contemporary China 2 #1338
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Old China with a modern twist, take two.
Source Adam Charlts
Background pattern 261 #2076
Dark CC 0Inspired by a pattern found in 'A General History of Hampshire, or the County of Southampton, including the Isle of Wight', Bernard Woodwood, 1861
Source Firkin
Background pattern 229 #2305
Colorful CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Retina Wood #923
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0I’m not going to use the word Retina for all the new patterns, but it just felt right for this one. Huge wood pattern for ya’ll.
Source Atle Mo
Type #276
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.
Source Atle Mo
Light Honeycomb@2X #60
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Light honeycomb pattern made up of the classic hexagon shape.
Source Federica Pelzel
Subtle Striped Brown Background Pattern #940
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Here's a brown background pattern with subtle stripes. I hope you'll like the color. If not, feel free to change it using an image editor, if you know how of course. Personally, I'm using GIMP to create these backgrounds.
Source V. Hartikainen
Bedge Grunge@2X #979
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A large (588x375px) sand-colored pattern for your ever-growing collection. Shrink at will.
Source Alex Tapein
Decorative divider 185 #2588
Orange CC 0From a drawing in 'Artists and Arabs', Henry Blackburn, 1868.
Source Firkin
Aged Grid Paper Background #1072
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless web background with texture of aged grid paper.
Source V. Hartikainen
Colourful background 32 #2173
Colorful CC 0Colourful background achieved with gradient fills.
Source Firkin
Configurable Graph Paper@2X #816
Stripes CC 0Pass parameters to the URL or edit the source code variables to configure the graph paper for the division desired.
Source JayNick
Grey Sandbag@2X #642
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A bit strange this one, but nice at the same time.
Source Diogo Silva
Background pattern black and white #2030
Dark CC 0A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
Polaroid #187
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Smooth Polaroid pattern with a light blue tint.
Source Daniel Beaton
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern No Background@2X #552
Noise CC 0Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Background pattern 240 #2209
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'A Girl in Ten Thousand', Elizabeth Meade, 1896.
Source Firkin
Floral pattern 10 #1771
Yellow CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Pinstriped Suit #665
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Just like your old suit, all striped and smooth.
Source Alex Berkowitz