Low Contrast Linen@2X #864
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A smooth mid-tone gray, or low contrast if you will, linen pattern.
Source Jordan Pittman
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Parquet flooring pattern #2427
Red CC 0A seamless pattern recreated from an image on Pixabay. It is reminiscent of parquet flooring and is formed from a square tile, which can be recovered in Inkscape by selecting the ungrouped rectangle and using shift-alt-I together.
Source Firkin
Burried@2X #832
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Have you wondered about how it feels to be buried alive? Here is the pattern for it.
Source Hendrik Lammers
fence pattern #2487
Grid CC 0The image is the remix of "wire-mesh fence seamless pattern" .This is a more minute version of it.Sorry for the file size.Using path>difference in Inkscape, I will cut out any silhouette from this pattern and create a "meshed silhouette".
Source Yamachem
Background pattern 252 (colour) #2161
Colorful CC 0Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Criss-cross pattern #1895
Dark CC 0A criss-cross pattern similar to one I saw mown into a sports field.
Source Firkin
Black Paper #55
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Black paper texture, based on two different images.
Source Atle Mo
Based from Design Kindle
Dirty Old Black Shirt@2X #854
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
Decorative divider 245 #2079
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 198 #2510
Yellow CC 0A version without colours blended together to give a different look.
Source Firkin
Glossy Diagonal Stripes, Background Pattern #908
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0The following free background pattern has glossy diagonal stripes as a texture to it, and it's colored in a light blue gray color. This background pattern is suitable for using in web design or any other graphic design projects. This applies to all background patterns here.
Source V. Hartikainen
Grilled Noise #581
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0You could get a bit dizzy from this one, but it might come in handy.
Source Dertig Media
Noisy Grid #959
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0This is a grid, only it’s noisy. You know. Reminds you of those printed grids you draw on.
Source Vectorpile
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
Background pattern 19 (black) #203
Dark CC 0A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'rainbow twist' texture in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
Stylized lion design #2089
Dark CC 0Derived from a drawing in 'Historiske Afhandlinger', Adolf Jorgensen, 1898.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 202 #2491
Brown CC 0Based on several public domain drawings on Wikimedia Commons. This was formed from a rectangular tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Seamless Green Curtain Background #1333
Green CC BY-SA 3.0A free seamless background image with abstract texture of green "curtain".
Source V. Hartikainen
Dark Wall@2X #818
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo
White Bed Sheet #821
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Nothing like a clean set of bed sheets, huh?
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Ice Age #637
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0I asked Gjermund if he could make a pattern for us – result!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
Nami@2X #576
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Not sure if this is related to the Nami you get in Google image search, but hey, it’s nice!
Source Dertig Media
Abstract Tiled Background Extended 12 #523
Noise CC 0Abstract Tiled Background Extended 12
Source GDJ
Dark Well #1259
Wall CC 0Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
HIXS Evolution@2X #610
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Heavy depth and shadows here, but might work well on some mobile apps.
Source Damian Rivas
Escheresque #777
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Cubes as far as your eyes can see. You know, because they tile.
Source Jan Meeus