Background pattern 336 (colour 3) #1719
Blue CC 0Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
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Dark Brick Wall@2X #136
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Black brick wall pattern. Brick your site up!
Source Alex Parker
Blizzard@2X #664
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0This is so subtle I hope you can see it! Tweak at will.
Source Alexandre Naud
Green Dust & Scratches #107
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Snap! It’s a pattern, and it’s not grayscale! Of course you can always change the color in Photoshop.
Source Atle Mo
Background pattern 229 #2305
Colorful CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Floral background 17 (colour 3) #1849
Blue CC 0Remixed from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by theasad121
Source Firkin
Tessellation 16 #2215
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
Brick #1375
Wall CC 0Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Rough Fabric Pattern (Dark Brown) #1166
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0A background pattern with a look of rough fabric.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 273 #2042
Dark CC 0Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 202 (colour 2) #2489
Green CC 0Based on several public domain drawings on Wikimedia Commons. This was formed from a rectangular tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
Circular frame 26 #1711
Dark CC 0Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Darkmoon1968
Source Firkin
Dark Embroidery #1340
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A classic dark tile for a bit of vintage darkness.
Source Listvetra
Pixel Weave #1154
Unknow CC BY-SA 3.0Clean and crisp lines all over the place. Wrap it up with this one.
Source Dax Kieran
Cardboard Flat #961
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0Not a flat you live inside, like in the UK – but a flat piece of cardboard.
Source Appleshadow
Nistri@2X #774
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0No idea what Nistri means, but it’s a crisp little pattern nonetheless.
Source Markus Reiter
Background pattern 323 #1807
Red CC 0Adapted heavily from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Viscious-Speed.
Source Firkin
White Wall 2@2X #1021
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0A new one called white wall, not by me this time.
Source Yuji Honzawa
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern No Background@2X #552
Noise CC 0Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2 #453
Noise CC 0Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2
Source GDJ
Decorative divider 219 #2231
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
Wavy background #2013
Pink CC 0A seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Light Striped Background #937
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A light background pattern with diagonal stripes. Here's a simple light striped background for you.
Source V. Hartikainen
Flowers tile #2363
Dark CC 0A seamless design of flowers remixed from a jpg on Pixabay by Prawny.
Source Firkin
Cartographer #749
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A topographic map like this has actually been requested a few times, so here you go!
Source Sam Feyaerts