Cardboard #278
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A good starting point for a cardboard pattern. This would work well in a variety of colors.
Source Atle Mo
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Flourish 1 #2300
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 253 #2153
Brown CC 0A seamless pattern created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the pattern in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 245 (colour 4) #2189
Yellow CC 0This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
White Brick Wall #593
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0If you’re sick of the fancy 3D, grunge and noisy patterns, take a look at this flat 2D brick wall.
Source Listvetra
Cross Scratches@2X #626
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Subtle scratches on a light gray background.
Source Andrey Ovcharov
Dirty Old Black Shirt #853
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Used in small doses, this could be a nice subtle pattern. Used on a large surface, it’s dirty!
Source Paul Reulat
Feathered #1324
Unknow CC BY-SA 3.0This is sort of fresh, but still feels a bit old school.
Source Martuchox
Grunge Wall #81
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Light gray grunge wall with a nice texture overlay.
Source Adam Anlauf
Metal Background Pattern With Rivets #1085
Metal CC BY-SA 3.0This metal background pattern resembles a metal plate with rivets. Solid rivets on a metal plate.
Source V. Hartikainen
Floral tile 4 #1710
Dark CC 0Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by darkmoon1968
Source Firkin
Subtle Orange Emboss@2X #98
Light CC BY-SA 3.0A hint of orange color, and some crossed and embossed lines.
Source Adam Anlauf
White Leather #639
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0I took the liberty of using Dmitry’s pattern and made a version without perforation.
Source Atle Mo
Fabric pattern 3 (colour 2) #2386
Fabric CC 0Alternative colour scheme. Not a pattern for fabrics, but one produced from a jpg of a stack of fabric items that was posted on Pixabay. The tile that this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Overlapping planks 6 #2570
Wood CC 0A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Diamonds Are Forever #183
Diamond CC BY-SA 3.0Sharp diamond pattern. A small 24x18px tile.
Source Tom Neal
Blue on White Background Pattern #993
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A background pattern with blue on white vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Seamless Pink Background #1220
Red CC BY-SA 3.0Here's a new background image for websites with a seamless pink texture. It should look beautiful with website themes where light pink background is needed. The background is seamless, therefore it should be used as a tiled background.
Source V. Hartikainen
Seamless arrow pattern remix #2528
Dark CC 0Similar 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
Triangular@2X #1157
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0Dare I call this a «flat pattern»? Probably not.
Source Dax Kieran
White Wall 3@2X #1149
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0This one needs to be used in small areas; you can see it repeat.
Source Luca
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 4 No Background@2X #542
Diamond CC 0Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 4 No Background
Source GDJ
Textured Paper #1130
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0You know I love paper patterns. Here is one from Stephen. Say thank you!
Source Stephen Gilbert