Interlocking pattern 3 (colour 2) #2405
Grid CC 0A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I.
Source Firkin
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Leafy pattern 11 #1765
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 282 #1857
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
Dark Fish Skin #1048
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0It almost looks a bit blurry, but then again, so are fishes.
Source Petr Šulc
White Wall #771
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0A huge one at 800x600px. Made from a photo I took going home after work.
Source Atle Mo
Background pattern 235 #2255
Yellow CC 0To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
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
Background pattern 306 #1882
Colorful CC 0Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Worn Out Cardboard #1214
Cardboard CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless texture of worn out "cardboard".
Source V. Hartikainen
Dark Steel Grid Background Pattern #1081
Metal CC BY-SA 3.0Here's a dark background pattern that contains a steel grid pattern as a texture. Use it as a website background or for other purposes. It's free!
Source V. Hartikainen
Simple Horizontal Light #982
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Sometimes you just need the simplest thing.
Source Fabricio
Tile-able Black Paper Background #1076
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A black tile-able background with paper-like texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
Repeating Wood Straw Background #887
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0A repeating background with wood/straw like texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
Cubes #133
Light CC BY-SA 3.0This reminds me of Game Cube. A nice light 3D cube pattern.
Source Sander Ottens
Decorative divider 289 #1819
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
Inflicted #117
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Dark squares with some virus-looking dots in the grid.
Source Hugo Loning
Textured Stripes #867
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A lovely light gray pattern with stripes and a dash of noise.
Source V. Hartikainen
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
Background pattern Pink #1938
Pink CC 0Fix and cc0 to get the tile this is based on.
Source SliverKnight
Heart and rose pattern #2419
Pink CC 0Seamless pattern formed from a square tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Dark Brick Wall@2X #136
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Black brick wall pattern. Brick your site up!
Source Alex Parker
Floral design 88 #1876
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
Source Firkin
Green Web Background, Seamless tile #1332
Green CC BY-SA 3.0Green Web Background, Seamless tile.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 291 #1931
Dark CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II 2 No Background #532
Noise CC 0Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Decorative divider #1996
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Two Women in the Klondike', Mary Hitchcock, 1899.
Source Firkin