"Blue Marble", Tileable Background #1027
 Stone  CC BY-SA 3.0

This background image is great for using in web design or graphic design projects. And don't forget to visit the homepage. I frequently update this resource with fresh tileable backgrounds.

Source V. Hartikainen

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Seamless Core Pattern 3 #167
 Dark  CC 0

Seamless Core Pattern 3

Source GDJ

Background pattern 24 #198
 Dark  CC 0

The starting point for this was a texture drawn with the 'Radial Colors' plug-in in Paint.net.

Source Firkin

White Paperboard@2X #375
 Fabric  CC BY-SA 3.0

Could be paper, could be a Polaroid frame – up to you!

Source Chaos

Background pattern black #2026
 Dark  CC 0

Remixed 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

Micro Carbon@2X #8
 Carbon  CC BY-SA 3.0

Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.

Source Atle Mo

Background pattern 265 #2081
 Dark  CC 0

Remixed from a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892. The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

Pinstripe@2X #36
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Light gray pattern with a thin pinstripe.

Source Brandon

Background pattern 8 (black) #209
 Dark  CC 0

Black version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net

Source Firkin

Joined spirals pattern #2482
 Yellow  CC 0

The starting point for this was drawn on the web site steamcoded.org/PolyskelionMaker.svg

Source Firkin

Seamless arrow pattern remix #2528
 Dark  CC 0

Similar to original, but without gaps in between the arrows. This seamless pattern was created from a rectangular tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Paisley Background@2X #496
 Light  CC 0

Paisley Background

Source GDJ

Beige Paper #83
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

This was submitted in a beige color, hence the name. Now it’s a gray paper pattern.

Source Konstantin Ivanov

Prismatic Dots Background 4@2X #508
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Dots Background 4

Source GDJ

Background pattern 239 #2217
 Red  CC 0

To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin