Colourful background #2007
Colorful CC 0Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
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Background pattern #1963
Dark CC 0To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Cells #1285
Paper CC 0Zero CC tileable hard cover cells, skin like, book texture. 4K, Scanned and made by me CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Retro Intro@2X #894
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0A slightly more textured pattern, medium gray. A bit like a potato sack?
Source Bilal Ketab
Prismatic Hypnotic Pattern No Background #571
Noise CC 0Prismatic Hypnotic Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Elegant Grid@2X #317
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0This is a hot one. Small, sharp and unique.
Source GraphicsWall
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
Type@2X #277
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.
Source Atle Mo
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
Noisy Net@2X #977
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Little x’es, noise and all the stuff you like. Dark like a Monday, with a hint of blue.
Source Tom McArdle
Straws #972
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Super detailed 16×16 tile that forms a beautiful pattern of straws.
Source Pavel
Light Gray@2X #1204
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0Like the name says, light and gray, with some small dots and circles.
Source Brenda Lay
Texturetastic Gray@2X #616
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0This ladies and gentlemen, is texturetastic! Love it.
Source Adam Pickering
Rough Cloth #312
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0More tactile goodness. This time in the form of some rough cloth.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
Floral pattern 13 #1756
Green CC 0From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 2 #268
Noise CC 0Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 2
Source GDJ
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background No Black@2X #452
Noise CC 0Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background No Black
Source GDJ
Background pattern 197 #2513
Green CC 0A version without colours blended together to give a different look.
Source Firkin
Blizzard #663
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0This is so subtle I hope you can see it! Tweak at will.
Source Alexandre Naud
Background pattern 320 (colour 2) #1829
Dark CC 0Formed by distorting a JPG from PublicDomainPictures
Source Firkin
Fruit decorative divider #1911
Colorful CC 0Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
"Black Metal Grid", Seamless Background Pattern #1080
Metal CC BY-SA 3.0A free seamless background pattern for use on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Wavy background #2012
Green CC 0A seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Fabric pattern (colour 6) #2397
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