Brown Metallic Grid Pattern #1086
Metal CC BY-SA 3.0A brown metallic grid pattern layered on top of a dark fabric texture. It should look great when using as a tiled background on web pages, especially blogs.
Source V. Hartikainen
More Textures
Gray Lines #913
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Some more diagonal lines and noise, because you know you want it.
Source Atle Mo
Background pattern 314 (colour 3) #1837
Green CC 0The square tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Background pattern 220 #2360
Dark CC 0A seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Derived from a design in 'Storia del Palazzo Vecchio in Firenze', Aurelio Gotti, 1889.
Source Firkin
Strawberry pattern #1795
Red CC 0To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Skin Side Up@2X #848
Light CC BY-SA 3.0White fabric looking texture with some nice random wave features.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Light Wool@2X #696
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Submitted as a black pattern, I made it light and a few steps more subtle.
Source Andy
Diagonal Striped Brick #679
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
Background pattern 323 (colour 3) #1810
Yellow CC 0Adapted heavily from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Viscious-Speed.
Source Firkin
Stitched Wool #843
Light CC BY-SA 3.0I love these crisp, tiny, super subtle patterns.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Kinda Jean #1062
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0A nice one indeed, but I have a feeling we have it already? If you spot a copy, let me know on Twitter.
Source Graphiste
Decorative divider 290 #1817
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Cassell's Library of English Literature', Henry Morley, 1883.
Source Firkin
"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
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 3 #270
Noise CC BY-SA 3.0Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 3
Source GDJ
Shapes decorative divider #1903
Colorful CC 0Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
Background pattern 294 #1921
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Works. Popular edition', John Ruskin, 1886.
Source Firkin
"Dark Red Canvas", Seamless Web Texture@2X #1222
Red CC BY-SA 3.0A free seamless background image with a texture of dark red "canvas". It should look very nice on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Bedge Grunge@2X #979
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A large (588x375px) sand-colored pattern for your ever-growing collection. Shrink at will.
Source Alex Tapein
Subtle Grunge@2X #1041
Light CC BY-SA 3.0A heavy hitter at 400x400px, but lovely still.
Source Breezi
Floral pattern 11 #1770
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Mocha Grunge #1099
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0You don’t see many mid-tone patterns here, but this one is nice.
Source Joel Klein
Decorative divider 186 #2560
Green CC 0From a drawing in 'Artists and Arabs', Henry Blackburn, 1868
Source Firkin
Dotnoise Light Grey@2X #309
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Sort of like the back of a wooden board. Light, subtle, and stylish, just the way we like it!
Source Nikolalek
Broken Noise@2X #365
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Beautiful dark noise pattern with some dust and grunge.
Source Vincent Klaiber