Grunge Wall@2X #82
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Light gray grunge wall with a nice texture overlay.
Source Adam Anlauf
More Textures
Background pattern 18 #202
Dark CC 0A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'colour modulo' texture in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
Beige Paper@2X #84
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0This was submitted in a beige color, hence the name. Now it’s a gray paper pattern.
Source Konstantin Ivanov
Indian Red Web Background #1172
Concrete CC BY-SA 3.0A free web background image with a seamless concrete-like texture and an Indian-red color.
Source V. Hartikainen
Dimension #1173
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Don’t look at this one too long if you’re high on something.
Source Luuk van Baars
Fabric pattern #2402
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
Soft Wallpaper@2X #96
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Coming in at 666x666px, this is an evil big pattern, but nice and soft at the same time.
Source Atle Mo
Wavy background #2013
Pink CC 0A seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Prismatic Triangular Background Design Mark II 5@2X #788
Dark CC 0Prismatic Triangular Background Design Mark II 5
Source GDJ
Fall Leaves #243
Fabric CC 0Colored maple leaves scattered on a surface. This is tileable, so it can be used as a background or wallpaper.
Source Eady
Type@2X #277
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.
Source Atle Mo
White Wave #681
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Light and tiny, just the way you like it.
Source Rohit Arun Rao
Decorative divider 222 #2208
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'A Girl in Ten Thousand', Elizabeth Meade, 1896.
Source Firkin
Retro Intro #893
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0A slightly more textured pattern, medium gray. A bit like a potato sack?
Source Bilal Ketab
Leafy pattern 6 #1852
Green CC 0Remixed from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by gingertea
Source Firkin
Paper 1 #15
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A slightly grainy paper pattern with small horizontal and vertical strokes.
Source Atle Mo
Background pattern 309 (colour 3) #1864
Red CC 0Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Light Blue Background Pattern #1161
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0This light blue background pattern is quite pleasing to the eye, it consists of a tiny rough grid pattern, which is seamless by design. That's it, if you like the color, you can use this seamless pattern in a web design without making any further modifications to it.
Source V. Hartikainen
Gray Diagonal Stripes Background #900
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A nice looking light gray background pattern with diagonal stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Decorative divider 236 #2090
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'The Quiver of Love', Walter Crane, 1876
Source Firkin
White Carbon Fiber #823
Light CC BY-SA 3.0More carbon fiber for your collections. This time in white or semi-dark gray.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Simple Horizontal Light@2X #983
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Sometimes you just need the simplest thing.
Source Fabricio
Arches #715
Light CC BY-SA 3.0One more in the line of patterns inspired by Japanese/Asian styles. Smooth.
Source Kim Ruddock
Page ornament 53 #2060
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'The Canadian horticulturist', 1892
Source Firkin