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Decorative divider #1995
Yellow CC 0From a drawing of the coat of arms of the Ottoman Empire on Wikimedia.
Source Firkin
Retro Circles Background 5 No Black@2X #427
Noise CC 0Retro Circles Background 5 No Black
Source GDJ
Dark Stone Wall Background #1054
Stone CC BY-SA 3.0A background tile for web with abstract repeating texture of dark "stone wall".
Source V. Hartikainen
Tileable Wood #655
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0Not so subtle. These tileable wood patterns are very useful.
Source Elemis
Orange-red Pattern #995
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Orange-red pattern for tiled backgrounds.
Source V. Hartikainen
Grilled Noise #581
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0You could get a bit dizzy from this one, but it might come in handy.
Source Dertig Media
Checkered Light Emboss #280
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!
Source Alex Parker
Decorative divider 199 #2436
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Jardyne's Wife', Charles Wills, 1891.
Source Firkin
Dark Dot@2X #648
Carbon CC BY-SA 3.0That’s what it is, a dark dot. Or sort of carbon looking.
Source Tsvetelin Nikolov
Mossy Wall #1269
Wall CC 0Zero CC Mossy stone tileable texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Black And White Floral Pattern Background Inverse #197
Dark CC 0Black And White Floral Pattern Background from PDP.
Source GDJ
Prismatic Abstract Line Art Pattern Background 2 #567
Dark CC 0Prismatic Abstract Line Art Pattern Background 2
Source GDJ
Visual illusion #2586
Grid CC 0The edges of all the red objects line up either vertically or horizontally, but it doesn't appear so. Made from a square tile that can be got by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Greek key pattern 5 #2294
Dark CC 0Seamless pattern made from a tile that can be obtained in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Farmer@2X #660
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0Farmer could be some sort of fabric pattern, with a hint of green.
Source Fabian Schultz
Paisley #1343
Light CC BY-SA 3.0The name Paisley reminds me of an old British servant. That’s just me.
Source Swetha
Project Papper #119
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Light square grid pattern, great for a “DIY projects” sort of website, maybe?
Source Rafael Almeida
Simple Horizontal Light #982
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Sometimes you just need the simplest thing.
Source Fabricio
Bright Multicolored Floral Background #559
Noise CC 0Bright Multicolored Floral Background by Karen Arnold from PDP.
Source GDJ
Brick #1376
Wall CC 0Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
P5 #1113
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Number five from the same submitter, makes my job easy.
Source Dima Shiper
Blizzard #663
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0This is so subtle I hope you can see it! Tweak at will.
Source Alexandre Naud
Rain pattern #1933
Water CC 0To get the repeating unit, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Background pattern 267 #2067
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'An Index to Deering's Nottinghamia Vetus et Nova', Rupert Chicken, 1899. The unit tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
Light Toast@2X #760
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Has nothing to do with toast, but it’s nice and subtle.
Source Pippin Lee