Background pattern black #2026
Dark CC 0Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857. The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
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Egg Shell@2X #862
Light CC BY-SA 3.0It’s an egg, in the form of a pattern. This really is 2012.
Source Paul Phönixweiß
Silver Scales #189
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Turn your site into a dragon with this great scale pattern.
Source Alex Parker
Robots #125
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0And some more testing, this time with Seamless Studio. It’s Robots FFS!
Source Seamless Studio
Background pattern 336 (colour 2) #1720
Green 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
Tessellation 15 (colour) #2222
Blue CC 0The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Cherry pattern #1912
Unknow CC 0Used a cherry by doctormo to make this seamless pattern
Source Firkin
Background pattern 7 #227
Noise CC 0Pattern that came out of playing with the 'slinky' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
Paper 2@2X #22
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0New paper pattern with a slightly organic feel to it, using some thin threads.
Source Atle Mo
Farmer@2X #660
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0Farmer could be some sort of fabric pattern, with a hint of green.
Source Fabian Schultz
Connected@2X #349
Light CC BY-SA 3.0White circles connecting on a light gray background.
Source Mark Collins
Black Mamba #57
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0The name alone is awesome, but so is this sweet dark pattern.
Source Federica Pelzel
Retina Dust@2X #916
Light CC BY-SA 3.0First pattern tailor-made for Retina, with many more to come. All the old ones are upscaled, in case you want to re-download.
Source Atle Mo
Square ornament 38 #2147
Dark CC 0From a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 198 #2437
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Codogno e il suo territorio nella cronaca e nella storia'', Gio and Giarella Cairo, 1897.
Source Firkin
Old Mathematics@2X #44
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0This one takes you back to math class. Classic mathematic board underlay.
Source Josh Green
Prismatic Triangular Background Design Mark II 5 #406
Dark CC 0Prismatic Triangular Background Design Mark II 5
Source GDJ
"Animal Tracks", Background Pattern #1225
Yellow CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless pale yellow paper background with a pattern of animal tracks.
Source V. Hartikainen
Type #276
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.
Source Atle Mo
Seamless Wood Pattern #889
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0A seamlessly repeating background pattern of wood. The image is procedurally generated, and, I think, it's turned out quite well.
Source V. Hartikainen
Wall #4 Light@2X #780
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0I’m starting to think I have a concrete wall fetish.
Source Atle Mo
Decorative divider 193 #2502
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Less Black than we're painted', James Payn, 1884.
Source Firkin
White tiles@2X #728
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0A nice and simple white rotated tile pattern.
Source Another One
Background Patterns - Emerald #252
Fabric CC 0If you want png files of this u can download them here : viscious-speed.deviantart.com/gallery/27635117
Source Viscious-Speed
White Well & Star #1700
Wall CC 0Background Wall, Art Abstract, Star Well & CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous