Background pattern 9 (colour) #214
Noise CC 0Colour version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
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Background pattern 315 (colour 3) #1843
Green CC 0The rectangular tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Floral flourish #1816
Dark CC 0Derived from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by ractapopulous
Source Firkin
Prismatic Rounded Squares Grid 4 No Background@2X #492
Noise CC 0Prismatic Rounded Squares Grid 4 No Background
Source GDJ
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
Background pattern 235 (colour 4) #2252
Green CC 0To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Part of Bayeux Tapestry 6 #2444
Noise CC 0From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 224 #2206
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'A Child of the Age', Francis Adams, 1894.
Source Firkin
snow crystal seamless pattern #2467
Blue CC 0The image depicts a seamless pattern of a snow crystal.I referred to a book called ”sekka-zusetsu” or "雪華図説" which means an illustrated explanation about snow crystals.This book was published in 1832 (天保３年) or Edo period.For more about "雪華図説",see here:dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/2536975
Source Yamachem
Ecailles@2X #1043
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Almost like little fish shells, or dragon skin.
Source Graphiste
Weave@2X #734
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Medium gray pattern with small strokes to give a weave effect.
Source Catherine
Background pattern 6 #226
Noise CC 0A pattern derived from part of a fractal rendering in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
Asfalt@2X #928
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A very dark asfalt pattern based off of a photo taken with my iPhone.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Polyskelion Pattern No Background #394
Light CC 0Prismatic Polyskelion Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Type@2X #277
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.
Source Atle Mo
Lead glass tile #2048
Colorful CC 0Mostly just mucked about with the colours and made one of the paths in the lead frame opaque. The glass remains transparent.
Source Firkin
Cubes@2X #134
Light CC BY-SA 3.0This reminds me of Game Cube. A nice light 3D cube pattern.
Source Sander Ottens
Background pattern #1942
Brown CC 0Formed by distorting an image on Pixabay that was uploaded by gustavorezende. To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Colourful background #2011
Colorful CC 0Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Maze White@2X #1047
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Just like the black maze, only in light gray. Duh.
Source Peax
Decorative divider 243 #2082
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Stripy checkerboard pattern 2 #1767
Dark CC 0Simple combination of stripy squares with their negatively coloured counterparts
Source Firkin
Dark Stripes@2X #40
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Very dark pattern with some noise and 45-degree lines.
Source Stefan Aleksić
Black Linen #63
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Decorative divider 272 #1925
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Hungary. A guide book. By several authors', 1890.
Source Firkin
Wavy background #2019
Colorful CC 0CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
Green Tiles, Background Pattern #1329
Green CC BY-SA 3.0A free background pattern with abstract green tiles.
Source V. Hartikainen