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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Decorative divider 252 #2065
Dark CC 0Remix from a drawing in 'Ostatnie chwile powstania styczniowego', Zygmunt Sulima, 1887.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 8 No Background@2X #550
Dark CC 0Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 8 No Background
Source GDJ
Green Gobbler #85
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Luxurious looking pattern (for a T-shirt maybe?) with a hint of green.
Source Simon Meek
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4 #271
Noise CC 0Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4
Source GDJ
Soft Kill #318
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Pattern #100! A black classic knit-looking pattern.
Source Factorio.us Collective
Low Contrast Linen #863
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A smooth mid-tone gray, or low contrast if you will, linen pattern.
Source Jordan Pittman
Noisy #45
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Looks a bit like concrete with subtle specks spread around the pattern.
Source Mladjan Antic
Natural Paper@2X #834
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0You know I’m a sucker for these. Well-crafted paper pattern.
Source Mihaela Hinayon
Abstract Tiled Background Extended 12 #523
Noise CC 0Abstract Tiled Background Extended 12
Source GDJ
Dark Wall #817
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo
Black Metal Pipes #1089
Metal CC BY-SA 3.0An abstract texture of black metal pipes (seamless).
Source V. Hartikainen
Wood Background Pattern #882
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless background pattern with a texture of wood planks. This wood background pattern has vertically arranged planks. You may try to rotate it 90°, to see how it will look like when the wood planks are arranged horizontally.
Source V. Hartikainen
tortoise in tortoiseshell #2537
Grid CC 0The image depicts a seamless pattern of a tortoise in tortoiseshell (hexagon).
Source Yamachem
Pineapple Cut@2X #584
Diamond CC BY-SA 3.0I love the movie Pineapple Express, and I’m also liking this Pineapple right here.
Source Audee Mirza
Decorative divider 283 (version 2) #1855
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 214 (colour 6) #2372
Colorful CC 0A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4 #461
Noise CC 0Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4
Source GDJ
Dark Geometric #619
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Continuing the geometric trend, here is one more.
Source Mike Warner
Background pattern 9 (B&W) #212
Dark CC 0Black & white version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
Texturetastic Gray@2X #616
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0This ladies and gentlemen, is texturetastic! Love it.
Source Adam Pickering
Subtle White Mini Waves #1322
Unknow CC BY-SA 3.0Tiny circle waves, almost like the ocean.
Source Sagive
Frozen Surface With Diagonal Stripes #912
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0This light background pattern has a texture of "frozen" surface with diagonal stripes. Here's an yet another addition to the collection of free website backgrounds.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 2 #221
Noise CC 0A pattern derived from repeating unit cells each derived from part of a fractal rendering in paint.net.
Source Firkin