Dark Fish Skin #1048
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0It almost looks a bit blurry, but then again, so are fishes.
Source Petr Šulc
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Tileable Wood@2X #656
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0Not so subtle. These tileable wood patterns are very useful.
Source Elemis
Perforated White Leather@2X #636
Light CC BY-SA 3.0A bit of scratched up grayness. Always good.
Source Dmitry
Leopard Skin Pattern #1120
Leather CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless pattern of leopard skin. It should look nice as a background element on web pages.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 1 #220
Noise CC 0A pattern derived from repeating unit cells each derived from part of a fractal rendering in paint.net.
Source Firkin
Seamless Cardboard Texture #1212
Cardboard CC BY-SA 3.0A free background image with a seamless texture of cardboard. This texture of cardboard looks quite realistic, especially when is actually tiled.
Source V. Hartikainen
Decorative divider 242 #2083
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Bamboo Background Pattern #1330
Green CC BY-SA 3.0This background pattern looks like bamboo to me. Feel free to download it for your website (for your blog perhaps?).
Source V. Hartikainen
"Beige Wall", Tileable Background #1189
Concrete CC BY-SA 3.0This beige background pattern resembles a concrete wall with engravings or something similar to it.
Source V. Hartikainen
Fabric 1@2X #10
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Semi-light fabric pattern made out of random pixels in shades of gray.
Source Atle Mo
Japanese family crest called chidori #2443
Fabric CC 0The image depicts a seamless pattern of a Japanese family crest called "chidori" in Japanese .A chidori in Japanese means a plover in English.
Source Yamachem
Dark Denim #372
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Thin lines, noise and texture creates this crisp dark denim pattern.
Source Marco Slooten
"Gray Stripes", Background Pattern #941
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0This one is quite simple in design, it consists of vertical stripes layered on top of a seamless texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 6 No Background@2X #546
Dark CC 0Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 6 No Background
Source GDJ
Triangular #1156
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0Dare I call this a «flat pattern»? Probably not.
Source Dax Kieran
Dark Concrete Wall #1193
Concrete CC BY-SA 3.0A free repetitive background with a dark concrete wall like texture. This one may be used in dark web site designs.
Source V. Hartikainen
snow crystal seamless pattern #2467
Blue CC 0The image depicts a seamless pattern of a snow crystal.I referred to a book called ”sekka-zusetsu” or "雪華図説" which means an illustrated explanation about snow crystals.This book was published in 1832 (天保３年) or Edo period.For more about "雪華図説",see here:dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/2536975
Source Yamachem
Background pattern 336 (colour 3) #1719
Blue CC 0Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
Seamless Marble Like Texture (Light Blue) #1033
Stone CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless marble-like texture colored in light blue.
Source V. Hartikainen
Through Pixel Dream #1228
Yellow CC BY-SA 3.0A yellow tiled background... Blurriness, bokeh effect and rectangles pattern in one mix.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 272 (colour 3) #2055
Red CC 0A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
White Plaster #368
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Sweet and subtle white plaster with hints of noise and grunge.
Source Phil Maurer
Decorative divider 222 #2208
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'A Girl in Ten Thousand', Elizabeth Meade, 1896.
Source Firkin