Checkered Light Emboss@2X #281
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!
Source Alex Parker
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Background pattern 249 #2179
Blue CC 0To get the tile this is made up from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Scribble Light #739
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A bit like smudged paint or some sort of steel, here is scribble light.
Source Tegan Male
Argyle@2X #644
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Classy golf-pants pattern, or crossed stripes if you will.
Source Will Monson
Gray Textile Background #1168
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0A gray background pattern with a texture of textile. Suits perfectly for web design.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 227 (colour 4) #2311
Green CC 0A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 214 (colour 5) #2374
Green CC 0A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
Source Firkin
Hexagonal pattern #2379
Dark CC 0A seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Kinda Jean@2X #1063
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
"Dark Red Canvas", Seamless Web Texture #1221
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
Stamped Dots On Metal #1083
Metal CC BY-SA 3.0A dark metallic background with a pattern of stamped dots. Here's a dark "metallic" background pattern for you.
Source V. Hartikainen
Straws@2X #973
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Super detailed 16×16 tile that forms a beautiful pattern of straws.
Source Pavel
Background pattern 245 (colour 3) #2190
Blue CC 0This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 262 #2075
Dark CC 0Inspired by a pattern found in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Black Metallic Pattern #1090
Metal CC BY-SA 3.0A free black metallic background pattern. Here's a new pattern I made that looks metallic.
Source V. Hartikainen
White Brick Wall@2X #594
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
Redox 01@2X #850
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Bright gray tones with a hint of some metal surface.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Background pattern 255 (colour 2) #2140
Brown CC 0Colour version of the original pattern.
Source Firkin
Noise Pattern With Subtle Cross Lines@2X #180
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0More bright luxury. This is a bit larger than fancy deboss, and with a bit more noise.
Source Viszt Péter
Floral design 90 #1815
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Hubert Montreuil, or the Huguenot and the Dragoon', Francisca Ouvry, 1873.
Source Firkin
Teal Circle Pattern Scrapbook Paper #144
Noise CC BY-SA 3.0Used the 6th circle pattern designed by Viscious-Speed to create a print that can be used for card making or scrapbooking. Save as a PDF file for the best printing option.
Source Lovinglf
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background No Black@2X #452
Noise CC 0Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background No Black
Source GDJ