Mosaic tile #2481
Brown CC 0From a drawing in 'Handbook of the excursions proposed to be made by the Lincoln Diocesan Architectural Society, on the 27th and 28th of May, 1857', Edward Trollope, 1857.
Source Firkin
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Color Stains on Canvas #1167
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless web texture with illustration of pale color stains on canvas.
Source V. Hartikainen
Strange Bullseyes@2X #866
Light CC BY-SA 3.0This is indeed a bit strange, but here’s to the crazy ones!
Source Christopher Buecheler
Background pattern 259 #2133
Red 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
Seamless Paper Texture (Pale Yellow) #1217
Yellow CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless paper background texture colored in pale yellow. This seamless texture is ideal for those who need a yellow background image for their website. The texture resembles paper.
Source V. Hartikainen
Black And White Floral Pattern Background Inverse #196
Dark CC 0Black And White Floral Pattern Background Inverse
Source GDJ
Wavy Green Vertical Stripes #936
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A background pattern with wavy green vertical stripes. This one has green stripes on a white background. Download if you like it.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 2 No Black #445
Noise CC 0Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
Background pattern 277 (colour) #2031
Orange CC 0A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 264 #2071
Orange CC 0The tile for this is based on a repeating unit close to a design on Pixabay. It can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
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
Squares #302
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Dark, square, clean and tidy. What more can you ask for?
Source Jaromír Kavan
White Texture@2X #132
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
White Wall 3@2X #1149
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0This one needs to be used in small areas; you can see it repeat.
Source Luca
Zig Zag@2X #329
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0So tiny, just 7 by 7 pixels – but still so sexy. Ah yes.
Source Dmitriy Prodchenko
Subtle Grey@2X #956
Light CC BY-SA 3.0The Grid. A digital frontier. I tried to picture clusters of information as they traveled through the computer.
Source Haris Šumić
Background pattern 7 (grey) #206
Dark CC 0Greyscale version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'slinky' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
Spiral pattern 3 #1934
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Danmarks Riges Historie af J. Steenstrup, Kr. Erslev, A. Heise, V. Mollerup, J. A. Fridericia, E. Holm, A. D. Jørgensen', 1897.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 251 (colour 3) #2165
Blue CC 0To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Tactile Noise #5
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
Seamless Wood Pattern #889
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0A seamlessly repeating background pattern of wood. The image is procedurally generated, and, I think, it's turned out quite well.
Source V. Hartikainen