A light brushed aluminum pattern for your pleasure.
Source Tim Ward
It’s okay to be square! A nice light gray pattern with random squares.
Source Waseem Dahman
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
First 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
I guess this is inspired by the city of Ravenna in Italy and its stone walls.
Source Sentel
The green fibers pattern will work very well in grayscale as well.
Source Matteo Di Capua
Colored maple leaves scattered on a surface. This is tileable, so it can be used as a background or wallpaper.
Source Eady
From a drawing in 'Prose and Verse ', William Linton, 1836.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
The texture of this background image has some similarities with leather, and it's colored in a dark brown color. So, if you are looking for a dark brown background image for your website, this may be an option for you.
Source V. Hartikainen
Zero CC asphalt, pavement, texture, photographed and made by me. CC0 WARNING I FOUND A SEAM ON THIS TEXTURE
Source Sojan Janso
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
Remixed from a drawing in 'The Canadian horticulturist', 1892
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Used in small doses, this could be a nice subtle pattern. Used on a large surface, it’s dirty!
Source Paul Reulat
A 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
Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
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
Inspired by a pattern seen on a public domain image of a very old tile. To get the unit cell, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 5
Source GDJ
If you want png files of this u can download them here : viscious-speed.deviantart.com/gallery/27635117
Source Viscious-Speed