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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Tactile Noise #5
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A heavy dark gray base, some subtle noise and a 45-degree grid makes this look like a pattern with a tactile feel to it.
Source Atle Mo
Ribbon pattern 2 (version 2, colour 6) #2034
Pink CC 0The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Skeletal Weave@2X #932
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Imagine you zoomed in 1000X on some fabric. But then it turned out to be a skeleton!
Source Angelica
Fleurs-de-lys pattern 2 #2205
Dark CC 0Colour version of the original pattern inspired by the front cover of 'Old and New Paris', Henry Edwards, 1894.
Source Firkin
Classy Fabric #611
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0This is lovely, just the right amount of subtle noise, lines and textures.
Source Richard Tabor
Dark Steel Grid Background Pattern #1081
Metal CC BY-SA 3.0Here's a dark background pattern that contains a steel grid pattern as a texture. Use it as a website background or for other purposes. It's free!
Source V. Hartikainen
A dark wool background pattern with diagonal stripes #907
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Feel free to download and use it, or see the rest of the dark background patterns that I have made. Anyway, I hope you will find something that you like.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 202 #2491
Brown 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
Groovepaper@2X #578
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0With a name like this, it has to be hot. Diagonal lines in light shades.
Source Isaac
Transparent Square Tiles #298
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0The first pattern on here using opacity. Try it on a site with a colored background, or even using mixed colors.
Source Nathan Spady
Diagmonds@2X #337
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Love the style on this one, very fresh. Diagonal diamond pattern. Get it?
Source INS
Padded@2X #62
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A beautiful dark padded pattern, like an old classic sofa.
Source Chris Baldie
Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II 2 No Background #532
Noise CC 0Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Cuckoo Footprint #1321
Unknow CC BY-SA 3.0A cute x, if you need that sort of thing.
Source Juan Scrocchi
Paper Fibers@2X #1061
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Just what the name says, paper fibers. Always good to have.
Source Heliodor jalba
Background pattern 270 #2061
Dark CC 0A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 3 No Background #555
Noise CC 0Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Background pattern 255 (colour 2) #2140
Brown CC 0Colour version of the original pattern.
Source Firkin
Subtle Stripes #751
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Vertical lines with a bumpy, yet crisp, feel to it.
Source Raasa
Wavy background #2023
Pink CC 0CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight