An alternative colour scheme for the original background.
Source Firkin
From a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.
Source Firkin
Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Adapted heavily from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Viscious-Speed.
Source Firkin
Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
Abstract Ellipses Background Grayscale
Source GDJ
Looks like a technical drawing board: small squares forming a nice grid.
Source We Are Pixel8
Geometric lines are always hot, and this pattern is no exception.
Source Listvetra
The green fibers pattern will work very well in grayscale as well.
Source Matteo Di Capua
Zero CC tillable hard cover red book with X shape marks. Scanned and made by me.
Source Sojan Janso
The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.
Source Atle Mo
Remixed from a drawing in 'Incidents on a Journey through Nubia to Darfoor', F. Ensor, 1891.
Source Firkin
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
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An alternative colour scheme for the original seamless texture formed from an image on Pixabay.
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Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
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A pattern derived from part of a fractal rendering in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 8 No Background
Source GDJ
Colorful Floral Background No Black
Source GDJ
This one is rather fun and playful. The 2X could be used at 1X too!
Source Welsley
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
A huge one at 800x600px. Made from a photo I took going home after work.
Source Atle Mo
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
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Alternative 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
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Hundert Jahre in Wort und Bild', S. Stefan, 1899.
Source Firkin