Micro Carbon #7
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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Triangular ornament 32 #2435
Dark CC 0Drawn in Paint.net using the kaleidoscope plug-in and vectorised.
Source Firkin
Brick & Red #1374
Wall CC 0Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Background pattern 336 (colour 3) #1719
Blue 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
Background pattern purple #1952
Colorful CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider #1974
Dark CC 0Adapted from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 9 (colour) #214
Noise CC 0Colour version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4 No Black@2X@2X #444
Dark CC 0Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4
Source GDJ
Rough bark #2563
Wood CC 0A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Floral background #1980
Brown CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form", Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Light Gray Paper With Horizontal Lines #904
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless light gray paper texture with horizontal double lines.
Source V. Hartikainen
Floral design 87 #1886
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
Source Firkin
Clover with background #237
Paper CC 0Clover with background for St. Patrick's Day. Add to a card with a doily, ribbon, a leprechaun or other embellishments.
Source BAJ
Background pattern 245 (colour 3) #2190
Blue CC 0This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3@2X #458
Noise CC 0Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3
Source GDJ
Green Background Pattern with Warped Vertical Stripes #1328
Green CC BY-SA 3.0Green Background Pattern
Source V. Hartikainen
Shine Caro@2X #714
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0It’s like Shine Dotted’s sister, only rotated 45 degrees.
Source mediumidee
crissXcross@2X #112
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Dark pattern with some nice diagonal stitched lines crossing over.
Source Ashton
Mooning@2X #1141
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0The classic subtle pattern. Sort of wall/brick looking. Or moon-looking?
Source Joel Klein
White Wave #681
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Light and tiny, just the way you like it.
Source Rohit Arun Rao
Light Mesh@2X #708
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0Love me some light mesh on a Monday. Sharp.
Source Wilmotte Bastien
Little Triangles@2X #688
Light CC BY-SA 3.0The basic shapes never get old. Simple triangle pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Grunge Wall #81
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Light gray grunge wall with a nice texture overlay.
Source Adam Anlauf
Vintage pattern 2 #2295
Yellow CC 0Inspired by a pattern seen on a public domain image of a very old tile. To get the unit cell, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin