Background pattern black and white #2030
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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Diagonal Noise@2X #182
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0A simple but elegant classic. Every collection needs one of these.
Source Christopher Burton
Cross Stripes #47
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Nice and simple crossed lines in dark gray tones.
Source Stefan Aleksić
GPlay@2X #736
Light CC BY-SA 3.0A playful triangle pattern with different shades of gray.
Source Dimitrie Hoekstra
Worn Out Cardboard #1214
Cardboard CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless texture of worn out "cardboard".
Source V. Hartikainen
Soft Wallpaper #95
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Coming in at 666x666px, this is an evil big pattern, but nice and soft at the same time.
Source Atle Mo
Faded Yellow Stripes, Background Pattern #1218
Yellow CC BY-SA 3.0A pale yellow background pattern with vertical stripes. The stripes are partially faded. I think this background image turned out pretty well, especially those faded stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 333 #1741
Noise CC 0The tile this is formed from can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Cardboard Flat@2X #962
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0Not a flat you live inside, like in the UK – but a flat piece of cardboard.
Source Appleshadow
Cardboard@2X #279
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A good starting point for a cardboard pattern. This would work well in a variety of colors.
Source Atle Mo
Seamless Marble Like Texture (Light Blue) #1033
Stone CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless marble-like texture colored in light blue.
Source V. Hartikainen
Fake Luxury@2X #622
Diamond CC BY-SA 3.0Fake or not, it’s quite luxurious.
Source Factorio.us Collective
Ice Age@2X #638
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0I asked Gjermund if he could make a pattern for us – result!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
Part of Bayeux Tapestry 1 #2452
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 207 #2367
Dark CC 0Derived from elements found in a floral ornament drawing on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
White Texture #131
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
Tessellation 16 (colour 6) #2210
Colorful CC 0The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
“Transparent” Background Pattern@2X #494
Light CC 0An emulated “transparent” background pattern, like that of all kinds of computer graphics software.
Source AdamStanislav
Brushed Alum Dark@2X #66
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Because I love dark patterns, here is Brushed Alum in a dark coating.
Source Tim Ward
Decorative divider 280 #1875
Blue CC 0From a drawing in 'Artists and Arabs', Henry Blackburn, 1868
Source Firkin