Grey Washed Wall@2X #1129
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0This is a semi-dark pattern, sort of linen-y.
Source Sagive SEO
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Subtle Dark Vertical #607
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Classic vertical lines, in all its subtlety.
Source Cody L
Chain background #2063
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Canadian forest industries July-December', 1915
Source Firkin
Stressed Linen #986
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0We have some linen patterns here, but none that are stressed. Until now.
Source Jordan Pittman
Green Background Pattern with Warped Vertical Stripes #968
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A green background pattern with warped vertical stripes and a grunge look.
Source V. Hartikainen
Decorative divider 298 #1744
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Bond Slaves. The story of a struggle.', Isabella Varley, 1893.
Source Firkin
Background pattern brown #1951
Brown CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider #1943
Dark CC 0Inspired by a drawing in 'Poems', James Smith, 1881.
Source Firkin
Light Honeycomb@2X #60
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Light honeycomb pattern made up of the classic hexagon shape.
Source Federica Pelzel
Floral background #1964
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'A Child of the Age', Francis Adams, 1894.
Source Firkin
Diamond pattern 2 (colour 4) #2265
Red CC 0From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 257 (colour) #2136
Green CC 0Remixed from a design on Pixabay. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Gray Diagonal Stripes Background #900
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A nice looking light gray background pattern with diagonal stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
White Grunge Background #1124
Grunge CC BY-SA 3.0This white background pattern has a seamless grunge style texture. Here's a white grunge style background pattern. Use it as a tiled background image on web sites or for other purposes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Scribble Light #739
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A bit like smudged paint or some sort of steel, here is scribble light.
Source Tegan Male
Checkered Light Emboss@2X #281
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!
Source Alex Parker
Wood Web Background #870
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0Here's a tile-able wood background image for use in web design.
Source V. Hartikainen
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
Blue Gray Fabric Like Texture #934
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A blue gray fabric-like texture for websites. An yet another fabric-like texture. It has subtle vertical and diagonal stripes to it.
Source V. Hartikainen
Hexellence@2X #706
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Detailed but still subtle and quite original. Lovely gray shades.
Source Kim Ruddock