Light Striped Background #937
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A light background pattern with diagonal stripes. Here's a simple light striped background for you.
Source V. Hartikainen
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Paper #657
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Nicely crafted paper pattern, although a bit on the large side (500x593px).
Source Blaq Annabiosis
Old Brown Leather, Seamless Texture #1117
Leather CC BY-SA 3.0This texture looks like old leather. It should look great as a background on web pages.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4 No Black@2X #442
Dark CC 0Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4 No Black
Source GDJ
Background pattern 306 (colour 2) #1881
Colorful CC 0Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 309 (colour 4) #1863
Green CC 0Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Pattern cleanup 4 #157
Noise CC 0An attempt for cleaning up the original image in a few steps.
Source Lazur URH
R.I.P Steve Jobs@2X #293
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0He influenced us all. “Don’t be sad because it’s over. Smile because it happened.”
Source Atle Mo
Redox 01@2X #850
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Bright gray tones with a hint of some metal surface.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Gray Sand@2X #18
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A dark gray, sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.
Source Atle Mo
Old Moon@2X #1202
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0Awesome name, great pattern. Who does not love space?
Source Nick Batchelor
Art Nouveau ornament-seamless pattern #2550
Brown CC 0This is the remix of an OCAL clipart called "Art Nouveau ornament" uploaded by "microcosme".Thanks.This is a seamless pattern of an Art Nouveau ornament.
Source Yamachem
Dark Mosaic@2X #122
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Small dots with minor circles spread across to form a nice mosaic.
Source John Burks
Background pattern 336 #1721
Pink CC 0Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
Part of Bayeux Tapestry 2 #2451
Noise CC 0From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 310 #1862
Red CC 0Based on an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by devanath
Source Firkin
Background pattern 255 (colour 2) #2140
Brown CC 0Colour version of the original pattern.
Source Firkin
Booze pattern #1727
Noise CC 0The tile this is based on was adapted from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by frolicsomepl. It can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Dark Metallic Background Pattern #1088
Metal CC BY-SA 3.0A dark background pattern/texture of a dimpled metal plate.
Source V. Hartikainen
Tactile Noise@2X #6
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A heavy dark gray base, some subtle noise and a 45-degree grid makes this look like a pattern with a tactile feel to it.
Source Atle Mo