Inspired by a drawing in 'Poems', James Smith, 1881.
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
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A repeating background of thick textured paper. Actually, it turned out to look like something between a paper and fabric.
Source V. Hartikainen
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
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Smooth Polaroid pattern with a light blue tint.
Source Daniel Beaton
Remixed from a design on Pixabay. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
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From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
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Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
Prismatic Abstract Line Art Pattern Background 2
Source GDJ
It was called Navy Blue, but I made it dark. You know, the way I like it.
Source Ethan Hamilton
Little x’es, noise and all the stuff you like. Dark like a Monday, with a hint of blue.
Source Tom McArdle
Used in small doses, this could be a nice subtle pattern. Used on a large surface, it’s dirty!
Source Paul Reulat
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
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Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
The classic subtle pattern. Sort of wall/brick looking. Or moon-looking?
Source Joel Klein
An alternative colour scheme to the original seamless pattern.
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Seamless pattern the basic tile for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
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Brushed aluminum, in a bright gray version. Lovely 2X as well.
Source Andre Schouten
Feel free to download and use it, or see the rest of the dark background patterns that I have made. Anyway, I hope you will find something that you like.
Source V. Hartikainen
CC0 and seamless wellington boot pattern.
Source SliverKnight
A free seamless background image with a texture of dark red "canvas". It should look very nice on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
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A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
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