Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by TheDigitalArtist
Source Firkin
As simple and subtle as it gets. But sometimes that’s just what you want.
Source Designova
A huge one at 800x600px. Made from a photo I took going home after work.
Source Atle Mo
An abstract web texture of a polished blue stone (or does it look more like ice).
Source V. Hartikainen
A mid-tone gray pattern with some cement looking texture.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.
Source Atle Mo
A version without colours blended together to give a different look.
Source Firkin
The square tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
More Japanese-inspired patterns, Gold Scales this time.
Source Josh Green
Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
These dots are already worn for you, so you don’t have to.
Source Matt McDaniel
One of the few full-color patterns here, but this one was just too good to pass up.
Source Alexey Usoltsev
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Here's a new paper-like background for free use on personal and commercial projects (this applies to all background patterns here).
Source V. Hartikainen
A dark striped seamless pattern suitable for use as a background on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Your eyes can trip a bit from looking at this – use it wisely.
Source Michal Chovanec
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
An abstract Background pattern of purple twisty patterns.
Source TikiGiki
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A re-make of the Gradient Squares pattern.
Source Dimitar Karaytchev
Remixed from a drawing in 'Hungary. A guide book. By several authors', 1890.
Source Firkin
This is a remix of "geometrical pattern 01".
Source Yamachem
Remix from a drawing in 'Ostatnie chwile powstania styczniowego', Zygmunt Sulima, 1887.
Source Firkin
That’s what it is, a dark dot. Or sort of carbon looking.
Source Tsvetelin Nikolov