Decorative divider 253 #2064
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.
Source Firkin
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Black Mamba #57
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0The name alone is awesome, but so is this sweet dark pattern.
Source Federica Pelzel
Floral design 100 (version 2) #1773
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Wood Background Pattern #882
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless background pattern with a texture of wood planks. This wood background pattern has vertically arranged planks. You may try to rotate it 90°, to see how it will look like when the wood planks are arranged horizontally.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background No Black@2X #786
Noise CC 0Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background No Black
Source GDJ
Concrete Wall 2@2X #80
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0A light gray wall or floor (you decide) of concrete.
Source Atle Mo
Background pattern 235 (colour 2) #2254
Blue CC 0To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Triangles #127
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Dark and hard, just the way we like it. Embossed triangles makes a nice pattern.
Source Ivan Ginev
Floral design 87 #1886
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 206 #2380
Dark CC 0Derived from a corner decoration itself found as a jpg on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Redox 02 #851
Light CC BY-SA 3.0After 1 comes 2, same but different. You get the idea.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Diamond pattern (colour 8) #2273
Red CC 0From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Orange-red Pattern #995
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Orange-red pattern for tiled backgrounds.
Source V. Hartikainen
Soft Pad@2X #614
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0Bumps, highlight and shadows – all good things.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Background pattern 252 #2162
Dark CC 0Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
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
Brilliant #753
Light CC BY-SA 3.0This is so subtle you need to bring your magnifier!
Source Carlos Valdez
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 2 No Black #445
Noise CC 0Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
Decorative divider 215 #2242
Dark CC 0Remixed from a raster on Pixabay that was uploaded by ArtsyBee.
Source Firkin
Textured Paper@2X #1131
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0You know I love paper patterns. Here is one from Stephen. Say thank you!
Source Stephen Gilbert
Prismatic Isometric Cube Wireframe Pattern No Background #499
Light CC 0Prismatic Isometric Cube Wireframe Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Background pattern 200 #2506
Pink CC 0Inspired by a 1930s wallpaper pattern I saw on TV.
Source Firkin
Tactile Noise #5
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A heavy dark gray base, some subtle noise and a 45-degree grid makes this look like a pattern with a tactile feel to it.
Source Atle Mo