Black Metallic Pattern #1090
Metal CC BY-SA 3.0A free black metallic background pattern. Here's a new pattern I made that looks metallic.
Source V. Hartikainen
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MBossed@2X #194
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Embossed lines and squares with subtle highlights.
Source Alex Parker
Carbon Fiber #3
Carbon CC BY-SA 3.0A dark pattern made out of 3×3 circles and a 1px shadow. This works well as a carbon texture or background.
Source Atle Mo
Element of beach pattern with background #254
Noise CC 0Element of beach pattern with background.
Source Rones
Abstract Tiled Background Extended 12 #523
Noise CC 0Abstract Tiled Background Extended 12
Source GDJ
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
Red Gemstone Tiles #1223
Red CC BY-SA 3.0This tiled background comes in red and consists of tiles that look like gemstones. It is more for blogs or social profiles, I think.
Source V. Hartikainen
Decorative divider 291 #1793
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Real Sailor-Songs', John Ashton, 1891.
Source Firkin
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
Padded #61
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A beautiful dark padded pattern, like an old classic sofa.
Source Chris Baldie
Background pattern 231 #2301
Dark CC 0A seamless pattern based on a tile that can be achieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Old Moon@2X #1202
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0Awesome name, great pattern. Who does not love space?
Source Nick Batchelor
Square ornament 41 #2085
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
"Grunge-Like" Background Pattern #1126
Grunge CC BY-SA 3.0Background pattern made in "Grunge-Like" style. Available in both SVG and JPG formats. Edit to your needs then click the download button.
Source V. Hartikainen
Textured Stripes@2X #868
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A lovely light gray pattern with stripes and a dash of noise.
Source V. Hartikainen
Retina Dust #915
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
Seed #1289
Wall CC 0Zero CC tileable seed texture, edited by me to be seamless from a Pixabay image. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Background pattern 224 (colour 5) #2338
Colorful CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 198 (variant 2) #2509
Yellow CC 0A version without colours blended together to give a different look.
Source Firkin
SOS #1180
Light CC BY-SA 3.0I have no idea how to describe this one, but it’s light and delicate.
Source JBasoo
Floral background 18 #1834
Dark CC 0emixed from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Kyotime
Source Firkin
Floral flourish #1816
Dark CC 0Derived from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by ractapopulous
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2 No Black@2X #456
Noise CC 0Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
Double Lined@2X #52
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Horizontal and vertical lines on a light gray background.
Source Adam Anlauf
Decorative divider 224 #2206
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'A Child of the Age', Francis Adams, 1894.
Source Firkin