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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Seamless tile 4 #1812
Red CC 0Not strictly seamless in that opposite edges are not identical. But they do marry up to make an interesting pattern
Source Firkin
Floral background 22 #1780
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Sativa #1306
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Honestly, who does not like a little pipe and mustache?
Source Luca Errico
Graphy #350
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Looks like a technical drawing board: small squares forming a nice grid.
Source We Are Pixel8
Gray Striped Background #906
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Here's a bluish gray striped background pattern for use on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 310 (colour 2) #1861
Yellow CC 0Based on an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by devanath
Source Firkin
Norwegian Rose@2X #858
Light CC BY-SA 3.0I’m not going to lie – if you submit something with the words Norwegian and Rose in it, it’s likely I’ll publish it.
Source Fredrik Scheide
Tessellation 15 (colour 3) #2220
Red CC 0The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 194 #2478
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Friend or Fortune? The story of a strange year', Robert Overton, 1897.
Source Firkin
Light Honeycomb #59
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Light honeycomb pattern made up of the classic hexagon shape.
Source Federica Pelzel
White Wall@2X #772
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0A huge one at 800x600px. Made from a photo I took going home after work.
Source Atle Mo
Dark Sharp Edges #1320
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Some dark 45 degree angles creating a nice pattern. Huge.
Source Dark Sharp Edges
Subtle Striped Brown Background Pattern #940
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Here's a brown background pattern with subtle stripes. I hope you'll like the color. If not, feel free to change it using an image editor, if you know how of course. Personally, I'm using GIMP to create these backgrounds.
Source V. Hartikainen
Brushed Alum #67
Light CC BY-SA 3.0A light brushed aluminum pattern for your pleasure.
Source Tim Ward
Flourish pattern (colour 2) #1738
Red CC 0Remixed from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Pixeline
Source Firkin
Norwegian Rose #857
Light CC BY-SA 3.0I’m not going to lie – if you submit something with the words Norwegian and Rose in it, it’s likely I’ll publish it.
Source Fredrik Scheide
Light & Boards #1297
Wood CC 0ZeroCC tileable wood boards texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Background pattern 246 #2186
Red CC 0This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 203 #2486
Brown CC 0A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Project Papper@2X #120
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Light square grid pattern, great for a “DIY projects” sort of website, maybe?
Source Rafael Almeida