PS Neutral@2X #1135
Light CC BY-SA 3.0This one is so simple, yet so good. And you know it. Has to be in the collection.
Source Gluszczenko
More Textures
Background pattern 331 (version 2) #1745
Pink CC 0Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by TheDigitalArtist
Source Firkin
Layered wood #2566
Wood CC 0A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Cardboard Flat #961
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0Not a flat you live inside, like in the UK – but a flat piece of cardboard.
Source Appleshadow
One in a Million #1346
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0Nicely executed tiling for an interesting pattern.
Source Ignasi Àvila Padró
Project Papper #119
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Light square grid pattern, great for a “DIY projects” sort of website, maybe?
Source Rafael Almeida
Diagonal Striped Brick #679
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
Prismatic Triangular Background Design Mark II 5 #406
Dark CC 0Prismatic Triangular Background Design Mark II 5
Source GDJ
Background pattern 214 (colour 6) #2372
Colorful CC 0A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 6 #226
Noise CC 0A pattern derived from part of a fractal rendering in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
Diamond pattern 2 (colour 2) #2267
Colorful CC 0From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Fabric pattern 3 (colour 5) #2383
Fabric CC 0Alternative colour scheme. Not a pattern for fabrics, but one produced from a jpg of a stack of fabric items that was posted on Pixabay. The tile that this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 243 #2082
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Floral background #1981
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form", Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Knitted Sweater@2X #1098
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Can never have too many knitting patterns, especially as nice as this.
Source Victoria Spahn
Stylized lion design #2089
Dark CC 0Derived from a drawing in 'Historiske Afhandlinger', Adolf Jorgensen, 1898.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 245 (colour 3) #2190
Blue CC 0This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II 2 No Background #532
Noise CC 0Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Fabric pattern 2 (colour 6) #2391
Fabric CC 0Not a pattern for fabrics, but one produced from a jpg of a stack of fabric items that was posted on Pixabay. The tile that this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Soft Pad@2X #614
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0Bumps, highlight and shadows – all good things.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Decorative divider 201 #2421
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Heroes of North African Discovery', Nancy Meugens, 1894.
Source Firkin