Decorative divider #1986
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
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Psychedelic Geometric Background No Black #382
Noise CC 0Psychedelic Geometric Background No Black
Source GDJ
Cream Pixels@2X #1145
Light CC BY-SA 3.0If you don’t like cream and pixels, you’re in the wrong place.
Source Mizanur Rahman
Dark Tire #703
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Dark, crisp and subtle. Tiny black lines on top of some noise.
Source Wilmotte Bastien
Strange Bullseyes #865
Light CC BY-SA 3.0This is indeed a bit strange, but here’s to the crazy ones!
Source Christopher Buecheler
Abstract Arbitrary Geometric Background #497
Noise CC 0Abstract Arbitrary Geometric Background derived from an image on Pixabay.
Source GDJ
Dark Circles #306
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0People seem to enjoy dark patterns, so here is one with some circles.
Source Atle Mo
Rough Fabric Pattern (Dark Brown) #1166
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0A background pattern with a look of rough fabric.
Source V. Hartikainen
Wavy background #2023
Pink CC 0CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern 2 No Background@2X #782
Light CC 0Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Prismatic Abstract Background Design@2X #791
Noise CC 0Prismatic Abstract Background Design
Source GDJ
Dirty Old Black Shirt #853
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Used in small doses, this could be a nice subtle pattern. Used on a large surface, it’s dirty!
Source Paul Reulat
Rough Cloth #312
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0More tactile goodness. This time in the form of some rough cloth.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
Argyle@2X #644
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Classy golf-pants pattern, or crossed stripes if you will.
Source Will Monson
Light Gray #1203
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0Like the name says, light and gray, with some small dots and circles.
Source Brenda Lay
Floral flourish #1816
Dark CC 0Derived from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by ractapopulous
Source Firkin
Black Linen@2X #64
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Gray Sand #17
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A dark gray, sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.
Source Atle Mo
Flowery pattern 4 #2328
Colorful CC 0Remixed from a vector adapted from a jpg on Pixabay. The tile this is constructed from can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Fabric of Squares@2X #1096
Light CC BY-SA 3.0As far as fabric patterns goes, this is quite crisp.
Source Heliodor Jalba
Background pattern 3 #222
Noise CC 0A pattern derived from repeating unit cells each derived from part of a fractal rendering in paint.net.
Source Firkin
Shine Caro #713
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0It’s like Shine Dotted’s sister, only rotated 45 degrees.
Source mediumidee
Floral design 99 #1776
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Fruit on a branch #1967
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Triangles pattern #2408
Brown CC 0A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
"Pink Bump Dots", Background Tile #1234
Pink CC BY-SA 3.0A free background tile with a pattern of pink bump dots. This background tile is sweet! Moreover, it's designed for use as website backgrounds.
Source V. Hartikainen
Paper #657
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Nicely crafted paper pattern, although a bit on the large side (500x593px).
Source Blaq Annabiosis