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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Wavy Green Vertical Stripes #936
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A background pattern with wavy green vertical stripes. This one has green stripes on a white background. Download if you like it.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 255 (colour) #2141
Brown CC 0Colour version of the original pattern.
Source Firkin
Grid Me@2X #606
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Nice little grid. Would work great as a base on top of some other patterns.
Source Arno Gregorian
Diamond pattern 2 #2268
Red CC 0From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Dark Blue Gray Wallpaper Texture #901
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0This seamless background image should look nice on websites. It has a dark blue gray texture with vertical stripes, it tiles seamlessly and, like all of the background images here, it's free. So, if you like it, take it!
Source V. Hartikainen
Zig Zag #328
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0So tiny, just 7 by 7 pixels – but still so sexy. Ah yes.
Source Dmitriy Prodchenko
Natural Paper #833
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0You know I’m a sucker for these. Well-crafted paper pattern.
Source Mihaela Hinayon
Prismatic Triangular Background Design Mark II 5@2X #788
Dark CC 0Prismatic Triangular Background Design Mark II 5
Source GDJ
Background pattern 328 (colour 2) #1800
Green CC 0To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
Brick Wall@2X #1147
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0One more brick pattern. A bit more depth to this one.
Source Benjamin Ward
Congruent Pentagon Outline #1308
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0By popular request, an outline version of the pentagon pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Background pattern 275 #2033
Blue CC 0Drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Nami #575
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Not sure if this is related to the Nami you get in Google image search, but hey, it’s nice!
Source Dertig Media
Gold Scale@2X #285
Light CC BY-SA 3.0More Japanese-inspired patterns, Gold Scales this time.
Source Josh Green
Seamless Blue On Yellow Background #1160
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0This seamless pattern consists of a blue grid on a yellow background.
Source V. Hartikainen
Floral design 97 #1778
Yellow CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Wall #1246
Wall CC 0Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Background pattern 202 (colour 2) #2489
Green CC 0Based on several public domain drawings on Wikimedia Commons. This was formed from a rectangular tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
Dark Wall@2X #818
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo
Background pattern 226 (colour 5) #2317
Blue CC 0A seamless pattern from a tile made from a jpg on Pixabay. To get the tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin