Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!
Source Alex Parker
A light gray fabric pattern with faded vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
A pattern formed from a photograph of a 16th century ceramic tile.
Source Firkin
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by mdmelo.
Source Firkin
So tiny, just 7 by 7 pixels – but still so sexy. Ah yes.
Source Dmitriy Prodchenko
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
A brown seamless wood texture in a form of stripe pattern. The result has turned out pretty well, in my opinion.
Source V. Hartikainen
Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!
Source Alex Parker
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Have you wondered about how it feels to be buried alive? Here is the pattern for it.
Source Hendrik Lammers
With a name this awesome, how can I go wrong?
Source Nikolay Boltachev
From a drawing in 'Hubert Montreuil, or the Huguenot and the Dragoon', Francisca Ouvry, 1873.
Source Firkin
A dark pattern made out of 3×3 circles and a 1px shadow. This works well as a carbon texture or background.
Source Atle Mo
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I. A version of the original with random colors.
Source Firkin
Classic vertical lines, in all its subtlety.
Source Cody L
Remixed from a drawing in 'A Girl in Ten Thousand', Elizabeth Meade, 1896.
Source Firkin
A version without colours blended together to give a different look.
Source Firkin
Tiny little fibers making a soft and sweet look.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Sounds French. Some 3D square diagonals, that’s all you need to know.
Source Graphiste
Background Wall, Art Abstract, Block Well & CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous
A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'rainbow twist' texture in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
Here's a new paper-like background for free use on personal and commercial projects (this applies to all background patterns here).
Source V. Hartikainen