A good starting point for a cardboard pattern. This would work well in a variety of colors.
Source Atle Mo
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
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That’s what it is, a dark dot. Or sort of carbon looking.
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Formed from decorative divider 184 in paint.net. Vectorised with Vector Magic.
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Colour version of the original pattern inspired by the front cover of 'Old and New Paris', Henry Edwards, 1894.
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From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
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From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
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A seamless design of flowers remixed from a jpg on Pixabay by Prawny.
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Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Darkmoon1968
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A seamless gray background texture suitable for use on websites. To me, it has the look of stone. Feel free to modify it to meet your needs (by making it a bit lighter or darker, for example).
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
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From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
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If you’re sick of the fancy 3D, grunge and noisy patterns, take a look at this flat 2D brick wall.
Source Listvetra
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
A slightly grainy paper pattern with small horizontal and vertical strokes.
Source Atle Mo
This yellow background consists of a pattern of glossy gold buttons arranged in polka dot style on a seamless texture. Here's a pale yellow background pattern. Feel free to use it for your needs!
Source V. Hartikainen
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
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A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
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To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
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Floral patterns might not be the hottest thing right now, but you never know when you need it!
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A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
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A 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.
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Remixed from a design seen on Pixabay. The basic tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
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Heavily remixed from a drawing in 'Barbara Leybourne; a story of eighty years ago', Sarah Hamer, 1889.
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From a drawing in 'Hyde Park from Domesday-Book to date', John Ashton, 1896.
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