Micro Carbon@2X #8
Carbon CC BY-SA 3.0Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo
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Flourish 1 #2300
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
Reticular Tissue #763
Light CC BY-SA 3.0The act or state of corrugating or of being corrugated, a wrinkle; fold; furrow; ridge.
Source Anna Litvinuk
Background pattern 259 (colour 5) #2098
Pink CC 0Remixed from a design seen on Pixabay. The basic tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Leafy pattern 8 #1806
Dark CC 0Inspired by a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by kokon_art
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 290 #1817
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Cassell's Library of English Literature', Henry Morley, 1883.
Source Firkin
Food and drink design (colour) #1896
Colorful CC 0Colour version that is close to the original drawing uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 224 (colour 4) #2339
Colorful CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Floral background #1964
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'A Child of the Age', Francis Adams, 1894.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 294 #1921
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Works. Popular edition', John Ruskin, 1886.
Source Firkin
Cardboard #278
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A good starting point for a cardboard pattern. This would work well in a variety of colors.
Source Atle Mo
fishneｔ 01 #2475
Grid CC 0The image depicts a seamless pattern of a fishnet with a plenty of fish.It may be a lucky charm for fishermen.
Source Yamachem
Navy #984
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0It was called Navy Blue, but I made it dark. You know, the way I like it.
Source Ethan Hamilton
Zodiac sign symbol background #1927
Red CC 0Just the symbols of the signs of the zodiac distributed in a chequer board-like pattern
Source Firkin
Washi@2X #289
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Washi (和紙?) is a type of paper made in Japan. Here’s the pattern for you!
Source Carolynne
Satin Weave@2X #1045
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Super simple but very nice indeed. Gray with vertical stripes.
Source Merrin Macleod
Old Cardboard, Background Texture #1213
Cardboard CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless background texture of old cardboard.
Source V. Hartikainen
flower seamless pattern-remix #2445
Fabric CC 0This is a remix of "flower seamless pattern".I rotated the original image by 90 degrees.This is a seamless pattern of flowers.These horizontal wavy lines are one of Edo patterns which is called "tatewaku or tachiwaku or 立湧" that represents uprising steam or vapor.
Source Yamachem
Stucco #294
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0A nice and simple gray stucco material. Great on its own, or as a base for a new pattern.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
Patterned metal plate 7 #2556
Metal CC 0From an image on opengameart.org shared by rubberduck.
Source Firkin
Billie Holiday #1002
Light CC BY-SA 3.0No relation to the band, but damn it’s subtle!
Source Thomas Myrman
Pixel Weave@2X #1155
Unknow CC BY-SA 3.0Clean and crisp lines all over the place. Wrap it up with this one.
Source Dax Kieran
Repeating Vintage Paper Background #1077
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A repeating background of beige paper with vintage look. Repeats to infinity, as usual.
Source V. Hartikainen