Background pattern 272 (colour 2) #2056
Pink CC 0A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
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Leafy design 18 (colour) #1786
Green CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Black Metallic Pattern #1090
Metal CC BY-SA 3.0A free black metallic background pattern. Here's a new pattern I made that looks metallic.
Source V. Hartikainen
Vintage pattern #1957
Grid CC 0Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
Checkered Light Emboss@2X #281
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!
Source Alex Parker
Light Wool #695
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Submitted as a black pattern, I made it light and a few steps more subtle.
Source Andy
Background pattern 257 #2137
Dark CC 0Remixed from a design seen on Pixabay. The basic tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Subtle Freckles #89
Light CC BY-SA 3.0This is so subtle: We’re talking 1% opacity. Get your squint on!
Source Atle Mo
Tessellation 16 (colour 5) #2211
Yellow CC 0The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 239 #2087
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Clean gray paper #859
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0On a large canvas you can see it tiling, but used on smaller areas, it’s beautiful.
Source Paul Phönixweiß
Rice Paper@2X #339
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Scanned some rice paper and tiled it up for you. Enjoy.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Rounded Squares Grid 3 No Background #489
Noise CC 0Prismatic Rounded Squares Grid 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Seamless Marble Like Texture (Light Blue) #1033
Stone CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless marble-like texture colored in light blue.
Source V. Hartikainen
Floral background 11 #2044
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'The March of Loyalty', Letitia MacClintock, 1884.
Source Firkin
Flying swan pattern #1978
Blue CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Fabric 6 (colour 5) #2591
Green CC 0An alternative colour scheme for the original seamless texture formed from an image on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Textured Paper Background (Vanilla Yellow) #1219
Yellow CC BY-SA 3.0Here's a new paper-like background for free use on personal and commercial projects (this applies to all background patterns here).
Source V. Hartikainen
Love decorative divider #1910
Colorful CC 0Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
Ribbon pattern 2 (version 2, colour 6) #2034
Pink CC 0The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Simple Horizontal Light #982
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Sometimes you just need the simplest thing.
Source Fabricio
Weave #733
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Medium gray pattern with small strokes to give a weave effect.
Source Catherine
Beige Stripes #938
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A repeating background of beige (or is it more vanilla yellow) textured stripes. One more background with stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Black Linen 2 #103
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A new take on the black linen pattern. Softer this time.
Source Atle Mo