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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Inspiration Geometry@2X #1176
Unknow CC BY-SA 3.0This one is rather fun and playful. The 2X could be used at 1X too!
Source Welsley
Background pattern 226 (colour 2) #2320
Green CC 0A seamless pattern from a tile made from a jpg on Pixabay. To get the tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Handmade Paper@2X #38
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0White handmade paper pattern with small bumps.
Source Marquis
Background pattern 26 (black) #199
Dark CC 0Pattern formed from simple shapes. Black version.
Source Firkin
Cover Green #1283
Dark CC 0Zero CC tileable hard cover green book, scanned and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Diamond pattern 2 #2268
Red CC 0From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape 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
Mosaic tile #2481
Brown CC 0From a drawing in 'Handbook of the excursions proposed to be made by the Lincoln Diocesan Architectural Society, on the 27th and 28th of May, 1857', Edward Trollope, 1857.
Source Firkin
Small Crackle Bright@2X #353
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Light gray pattern with an almost wall tile-like appearance.
Source Markus Tinner
Clover with background #237
Paper CC 0Clover with background for St. Patrick's Day. Add to a card with a doily, ribbon, a leprechaun or other embellishments.
Source BAJ
Background pattern 117 #524
Noise CC 0A seamless pattern drawn originally in Paint.net by distorting a slice of background pattern 116 and copying the resulting triangle numerous times.
Source Firkin
Random Grey Variations #69
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Stefan is hard at work, this time with a funky pattern of squares.
Source Stefan Aleksić
Black Linen 2 #103
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A new take on the black linen pattern. Softer this time.
Source Atle Mo
Micro Carbon #7
Carbon CC BY-SA 3.0Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo
Paven@2X #297
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0A subtle shadowed checkered pattern. Increase the lightness for even more subtle sexiness.
Source Josh Green
Zig Zag@2X #329
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0So tiny, just 7 by 7 pixels – but still so sexy. Ah yes.
Source Dmitriy Prodchenko
Floral background 22 #1780
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Rough Cloth #312
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0More tactile goodness. This time in the form of some rough cloth.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
Flower 193 #1794
Green CC 0From a drawing in 'Prose and Verse ', William Linton, 1836.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider #1996
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Two Women in the Klondike', Mary Hitchcock, 1899.
Source Firkin