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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Tileable Wood #655
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0Not so subtle. These tileable wood patterns are very useful.
Source Elemis
Background pattern 306 (colour 5) #1879
Colorful CC 0Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
White Carbon Fiber #823
Light CC BY-SA 3.0More carbon fiber for your collections. This time in white or semi-dark gray.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Background pattern 214 (colour 3) #2375
Green CC 0A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 223 #2353
Red CC 0Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Vintage tile background #2248
Brown CC 0A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Dark Brick Pattern #1032
Stone CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless pattern of dark bricks. Maybe it's not very realistic, but it looks good in my opinion.
Source V. Hartikainen
Floral design 70 #2520
Dark CC 0Traced from a drawing in 'Household Stories from the Collection of the Brothers Grimm', Wilhelm Carl Grimm , 1882.
Source Firkin
Floral design #1985
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Geometric pattern #2003
Grid CC 0A monochrome pattern from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscaope and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Background pattern 21 #205
Light CC 0A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'rainbow twist' texture in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
Floral design 91 #1814
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Hubert Montreuil, or the Huguenot and the Dragoon', Francisca Ouvry, 1873.
Source Firkin
Subtle Carbon@2X #950
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0There are many carbon patterns, but this one is tiny.
Source Designova
Low Contrast Linen@2X #864
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A smooth mid-tone gray, or low contrast if you will, linen pattern.
Source Jordan Pittman
Stressed Linen #986
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0We have some linen patterns here, but none that are stressed. Until now.
Source Jordan Pittman
Grunge Wall #81
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Light gray grunge wall with a nice texture overlay.
Source Adam Anlauf
Floral background 17 (colour 2) #1850
Orange CC 0Remixed from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by theasad121
Source Firkin
Dark Brick Wall #135
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Black brick wall pattern. Brick your site up!
Source Alex Parker
Decorative divider 248 #2074
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Picturesque New Guinea', J Lindt, 1887.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 228 #2308
Colorful CC 0Non-seamless pattern drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Lined Paper #362
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0The classic notebook paper with horizontal stripes.
Source Are Sundnes
Dark Denim 3 #595
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0This is the third pattern called Dark Denim, but hey, we all love them!
Source Brandon Jacoby
Background pattern 334 #1729
Dark CC 0Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Kaz
Source Firkin
Colorful Floral Background No Black@2X #482
Light CC 0Colorful Floral Background No Black
Source GDJ
Stitched Wool #843
Light CC BY-SA 3.0I love these crisp, tiny, super subtle patterns.
Source Badhon Ebrahim