Background pattern 334 (colour 2) #1731
Yellow CC 0Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Kaz
Source Firkin
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Black Mamba #57
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0The name alone is awesome, but so is this sweet dark pattern.
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Noisy Net@2X #977
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Little x’es, noise and all the stuff you like. Dark like a Monday, with a hint of blue.
Source Tom McArdle
"Glossy Pink Fur", Pink Background Pattern #1235
Pink CC BY-SA 3.0Here's a quite bright pink background pattern for use on websites. It doesn't look like a real fur, but it definitely resembles one.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 250 (colour 3) #2169
Colorful CC 0To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 315 (colour 4) #1842
Colorful CC 0The rectangular tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Retina Wood #923
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0I’m not going to use the word Retina for all the new patterns, but it just felt right for this one. Huge wood pattern for ya’ll.
Source Atle Mo
Type@2X #277
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.
Source Atle Mo
Checkered Pattern #322
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Simple gray checkered lines, in light tones.
Source Radosław Rzepecki
Redox 02@2X #852
Light CC BY-SA 3.0After 1 comes 2, same but different. You get the idea.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Black Scales #191
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Same as Silver Scales, but in black. Turn your site into a dragon with this great scale pattern.
Source Alex Parker
Background pattern 306 (colour 4) #1877
Colorful CC 0Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Wall #4 Light@2X #780
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0I’m starting to think I have a concrete wall fetish.
Source Atle Mo
Decorative divider 272 (colour) #1926
Yellow CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Hungary. A guide book. By several authors', 1890.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 272 #1925
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Hungary. A guide book. By several authors', 1890.
Source Firkin
Tessellation 15 #2223
Dark 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 200 #2420
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Heroes of North African Discovery', Nancy Meugens, 1894.
Source Firkin
"Gray Stone", Web Background Texture #1029
Stone CC BY-SA 3.0This seamless web background texture looks like gray stone. It's great for using as a background image on web pages, or on some of their elements. Anyway, I hope you will find use for it.
Source V. Hartikainen
Black Linen@2X #64
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Background pattern 6 #226
Noise CC 0A pattern derived from part of a fractal rendering in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
Natural Paper #833
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Source Mihaela Hinayon
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Source V. Hartikainen
crissXcross #111
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Dark pattern with some nice diagonal stitched lines crossing over.
Source Ashton
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Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A dark one with geometric shapes and dotted lines.
Source Mohawk Studios
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Light CC BY-SA 3.0I’m not going to lie – if you submit something with the words Norwegian and Rose in it, it’s likely I’ll publish it.
Source Fredrik Scheide