Black Mamba #57
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0The name alone is awesome, but so is this sweet dark pattern.
Source Federica Pelzel
More Textures
Green Subtle Web Texture #1334
Green CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless green background texture. The image is distributed under a Creative Commons License (like all of the images here).
Source V. Hartikainen
Diagmonds #336
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Love the style on this one, very fresh. Diagonal diamond pattern. Get it?
Source INS
Floral design 87 #1886
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
Source Firkin
Vintage tile background #2248
Brown CC 0A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 238 (colour 3) #2227
Blue CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Elastoplast #282
Light CC BY-SA 3.0A fun-looking elastoplast/band-aid pattern. A hint of orange tone in this one.
Source Josh Green
Weave@2X #734
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Medium gray pattern with small strokes to give a weave effect.
Source Catherine
Small Crackle Bright #352
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Light gray pattern with an almost wall tile-like appearance.
Source Markus Tinner
Carbon Fiber v2@2X #106
Carbon CC BY-SA 3.0One more updated pattern. Not really carbon fiber, but it’s the most popular pattern, so I’ll give you an extra choice.
Source Atle Mo
Background pattern brown #1945
Brown CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Parquet flooring pattern (colour 3) #2425
Pink CC 0A seamless pattern recreated from an image on Pixabay. It is reminiscent of parquet flooring and is formed from a square tile, which can be recovered in Inkscape by selecting the ungrouped rectangle and using shift-alt-I together.
Source Firkin
Vintage pattern #1958
Grid CC 0Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
Leafy pattern 11 #1765
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 245 (colour 6) #2187
Colorful CC 0This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Cartographer #749
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A topographic map like this has actually been requested a few times, so here you go!
Source Sam Feyaerts
Tileable Off-white Background #1191
Concrete CC BY-SA 3.0A free tileable background colored in off-white (antique white) color.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 328 (colour 6) #1796
Red CC 0To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
Stitched Wool@2X #844
Light CC BY-SA 3.0I love these crisp, tiny, super subtle patterns.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Project Papper #119
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Light square grid pattern, great for a “DIY projects” sort of website, maybe?
Source Rafael Almeida
Rough Concrete Surface #1195
Concrete CC BY-SA 3.0This one resembles a black concrete wall when is tiled. It should look great, at least with dark website themes.
Source V. Hartikainen