Background pattern 246 (colour 5) #2182
Colorful CC 0This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
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Textured Paper@2X #1131
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0You know I love paper patterns. Here is one from Stephen. Say thank you!
Source Stephen Gilbert
Cubes #133
Light CC BY-SA 3.0This reminds me of Game Cube. A nice light 3D cube pattern.
Source Sander Ottens
Diagonal Waves #1006
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0It has waves, so make sure you don’t get sea sickness.
Source CoolPatterns
Wavy background #2016
Pink CC 0A seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Diagonal Striped Brick@2X #680
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
Graphene pattern 2 #2234
Dark CC 0Formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Flourish decorative divider #1732
Dark CC 0Remixed from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Pixeline
Source Firkin
Background pattern 235 (colour 6) #2250
Red CC 0To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Floral background 17 #1851
Green CC 0Vector version of a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by theasad121
Source Firkin
Shattered@2X #952
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0A large pattern with funky shapes and form. An original. Sort of origami-ish.
Source Luuk van Baars
Floral background 20 #1813
Red CC 0Derived from a drawing in 'Elfrica. An historical romance of the twelfth century', Charlotte Boger, 1885
Source Firkin
Prismatic Chevrons Pattern 5 With Background #469
Dark CC 0Prismatic Chevrons Pattern 5 With Background
Source GDJ
Concrete Wall 3 #93
Light CC BY-SA 3.0All good things come in threes, so I give you the third in my little concrete wall series.
Source Atle Mo
Restaurant #1311
Yellow CC BY-SA 3.0A lot of people like the icon patterns, so here’s one for your restaurant blog.
Source Andrijana Jarnjak
Perforated White Leather@2X #636
Light CC BY-SA 3.0A bit of scratched up grayness. Always good.
Source Dmitry
Leafy frame 31 #1726
Green CC 0A frame using leaves from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by mayapujiati
Source Firkin
Black Linen #63
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Micro Carbon #7
Carbon CC BY-SA 3.0Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo
Seamless tile 4 #1812
Red CC 0Not strictly seamless in that opposite edges are not identical. But they do marry up to make an interesting pattern
Source Firkin
Part of Bayeux Tapestry 4 #2446
Noise CC 0From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
Stripy checkerboard pattern #1768
Dark CC 0Simple combination of stripy squares with their negatively coloured counterparts
Source Firkin
Wall #1246
Wall CC 0Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Old Brown Leather, Seamless Texture #1117
Leather CC BY-SA 3.0This texture looks like old leather. It should look great as a background on web pages.
Source V. Hartikainen
Green Background Pattern with Warped Vertical Stripes #1328
Green CC BY-SA 3.0Green Background Pattern
Source V. Hartikainen