Background pattern 227 (colour 5) #2310
Colorful CC 0A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.
Source Firkin
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Fruit on a branch #1969
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Tiny Grid #891
Light CC BY-SA 3.0You know, tiny and sharp. I’m sure you’ll find a use for it.
Source Atle Mo
Mocha Grunge #1099
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0You don’t see many mid-tone patterns here, but this one is nice.
Source Joel Klein
Classy Fabric #611
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0This is lovely, just the right amount of subtle noise, lines and textures.
Source Richard Tabor
Background pattern 314 (colour 4) #1836
Blue CC 0The square tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Tessellation 14 variant 1 #2530
Grid CC 0A seamless pattern formed from a modified version of rwwgub's tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Light Toast #759
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Has nothing to do with toast, but it’s nice and subtle.
Source Pippin Lee
White Linen@2X #840
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Dead simple but beautiful horizontal line pattern.
Source Fabian Schultz
Fabric pattern (colour 2) #2401
Fabric CC 0Alternative colour scheme. Not a pattern for fabrics, but one produced from a jpg of a stack of fabric items that was posted on Pixabay. The tile that this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Broken Noise #364
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Beautiful dark noise pattern with some dust and grunge.
Source Vincent Klaiber
Cardboard Flat@2X #962
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0Not a flat you live inside, like in the UK – but a flat piece of cardboard.
Source Appleshadow
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 3 No Background #162
Diamond CC 0Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Prismatic Hexagonalist Pattern No Background@2X #804
Light CC 0Prismatic Hexagonalist Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Decorative divider 243 #2082
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Stressed Linen #986
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0We have some linen patterns here, but none that are stressed. Until now.
Source Jordan Pittman
Kinda Jean #1062
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0A nice one indeed, but I have a feeling we have it already? If you spot a copy, let me know on Twitter.
Source Graphiste
Background pattern 105 #563
Dark CC 0A seamless pattern formed from background pattern 102
Source Firkin
Dimension #1173
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Don’t look at this one too long if you’re high on something.
Source Luuk van Baars
Pink Clouds Background #1230
Pink CC BY-SA 3.0Actually, there's no clouds in it, but I think it looks quite nice.
Source V. Hartikainen
Sports car pattern #2442
Red CC 0A seamless pattern formed from a sports car on clker.com. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 251 (colour 2) #2166
Yellow CC 0To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Flower Trail@2X #742
Noise CC BY-SA 3.0Sharp pixel pattern, just like the good old days.
Source Paridhi
Skin Side Up #847
Light CC BY-SA 3.0White fabric looking texture with some nice random wave features.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Rushes divider #2152
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Hundert Jahre in Wort und Bild', S. Stefan, 1899.
Source Firkin
Wine glass background #2054
Pink CC 0Remixed from an image on Pixabay uploaded by Prawny
Source Firkin
Dark Grunge Texture (Seamless) #1125
Grunge CC BY-SA 3.0Seamless Dark Grunge Texture. Here's a new grunge texture for use as a background.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background patter 294 #1920
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Works. Popular edition', John Ruskin, 1886.
Source Firkin