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
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Flourish decorative divider #1732
Dark CC 0Remixed from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Pixeline
Source Firkin
Norwegian Rose #857
Light CC BY-SA 3.0I’m not going to lie – if you submit something with the words Norwegian and Rose in it, it’s likely I’ll publish it.
Source Fredrik Scheide
Wine waiter pattern #2403
Colorful CC 0A seamless pattern formed from a square tile based on a jpg on Pixabay. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I.
Source Firkin
Lorem Ipsum Background #1071
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0An aged paper background tile with smeared and pressed text.
Source V. Hartikainen
"Glossy Pink Fur", Pink Background Pattern #1235
Pink CC BY-SA 3.0Here's a quite bright pink background pattern for use on websites. It doesn't look like a real fur, but it definitely resembles one.
Source V. Hartikainen
White Wall 3@2X #1149
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0This one needs to be used in small areas; you can see it repeat.
Source Luca
Merely Cubed #589
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Tiny, tiny 3D cubes. Reminds me of the good old pattern from k10k.
Source Etienne Rallion
Background pattern 248 (colour) #2180
Yellow CC 0To get the tile this is made up from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Gold Scale@2X #285
Light CC BY-SA 3.0More Japanese-inspired patterns, Gold Scales this time.
Source Josh Green
Carbon Fiber@2X #4
Carbon CC BY-SA 3.0A dark pattern made out of 3×3 circles and a 1px shadow. This works well as a carbon texture or background.
Source Atle Mo
Floral background 20 #1813
Red CC 0Derived from a drawing in 'Elfrica. An historical romance of the twelfth century', Charlotte Boger, 1885
Source Firkin
honeycomb-regular hexagon #2540
Grid CC 0This is a seamless pattern of regular hexagon which has a honeycomb structure.
Source Yamachem
Decorative divider 279 #1889
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing that was uploaded to Pixabay by captenpub.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 191 #2515
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Studies for Stories', Jean Ingelow, 1864.
Source Firkin
Blue & Fissure & Cube #1702
Wall CC 0Background Wall, Art Abstract, Blue Well & CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous
Textured Paper Background (Vanilla Yellow) #1219
Yellow CC BY-SA 3.0Here's a new paper-like background for free use on personal and commercial projects (this applies to all background patterns here).
Source V. Hartikainen
Fabric pattern 3 #2387
Fabric CC 0Alternative colour scheme. Not a pattern for fabrics, but one produced from a jpg of a stack of fabric items that was posted on Pixabay. The tile that this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Stitched Wool@2X #844
Light CC BY-SA 3.0I love these crisp, tiny, super subtle patterns.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Floral design 91 #1814
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Hubert Montreuil, or the Huguenot and the Dragoon', Francisca Ouvry, 1873.
Source Firkin
Real Carbon Fiber #286
Carbon CC BY-SA 3.0Carbon fiber is never out of fashion, so here is one more style for you.
Source Alfred Lee
Food and drink design (colour) #1896
Colorful CC 0Colour version that is close to the original drawing uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 315 (colour 5) #1841
Yellow CC 0The rectangular tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Prismatic Hexagonalism Pattern No Background #391
Light CC 0Prismatic Hexagonalism Pattern No Background
Source GDJ