Background pattern 277 #2029
Dark CC 0A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
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Light Gray Fabric Pattern With Faded Stripes #965
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A light gray fabric pattern with faded vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 3 #222
Noise CC 0A pattern derived from repeating unit cells each derived from part of a fractal rendering in paint.net.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 240 #2086
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
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
White Texture@2X #132
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
White Plaster #368
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Sweet and subtle white plaster with hints of noise and grunge.
Source Phil Maurer
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
Background pattern 308 #1872
Yellow CC 0Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background No Black@2X #786
Noise CC 0Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background No Black
Source GDJ
Desert Camo Print #255
Fabric CC 0Here's a camo print with more tan and less green, such as might be used in a desert scenario. This is tileable, so it can be used as a wallpaper or background.
Source Eady
Wavy background #2018
Colorful CC 0CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
Tweed #1150
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Tweed is back in style – you heard it here first. Also, the @2X version here is great!
Source Simon Leo
Prismatic Hexagonalism Pattern No Background #391
Light CC 0Prismatic Hexagonalism Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Background pattern 339 (colour 2) #1707
Green CC 0The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Noisy Grid@2X #960
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0This is a grid, only it’s noisy. You know. Reminds you of those printed grids you draw on.
Source Vectorpile
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background 2@2X #785
Noise CC 0Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background 2
Source GDJ
Connected #348
Light CC BY-SA 3.0White circles connecting on a light gray background.
Source Mark Collins
Binding Light@2X #1137
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Light gray version of the Binding pattern that looks a bit like fabric.
Source Newbury
Chipboard #2581
Wood CC 0A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Gray Textile Background #1168
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0A gray background pattern with a texture of textile. Suits perfectly for web design.
Source V. Hartikainen
Decorative divider 233 #2145
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Hyde Park from Domesday-Book to date', John Ashton, 1896.
Source Firkin