Repeating Wood Straw Background #887
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0A repeating background with wood/straw like texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
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Smooth Wall@2X #28
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Some rectangles, a bit of dust and grunge, plus a hint of concrete.
Source Atle Mo
Paven@2X #297
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0A subtle shadowed checkered pattern. Increase the lightness for even more subtle sexiness.
Source Josh Green
Merely Cubed@2X #590
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Tiny, tiny 3D cubes. Reminds me of the good old pattern from k10k.
Source Etienne Rallion
Floral pattern 11 #1770
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
A dark wool background pattern with diagonal stripes #907
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Feel free to download and use it, or see the rest of the dark background patterns that I have made. Anyway, I hope you will find something that you like.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Variation 2 With Background #471
Noise CC 0Prismatic Geometric Pattern Variation 2 With Background
Source GDJ
Grey Washed Wall #1128
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0This is a semi-dark pattern, sort of linen-y.
Source Sagive SEO
Knitted Netting@2X #604
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0A bit like some carbon, or knitted netting if you will.
Source Anna Litvinuk
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background 2@2X #785
Noise CC 0Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background 2
Source GDJ
Woven@2X #291
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Can’t believe we don’t have this in the collection already! Slick woven pattern with crisp details.
Source Max Rudberg
"Black Chains", Gloomy Background #1082
Metal CC BY-SA 3.0A repeating gloomy background image. This one consists of a pattern of black chains layered on top of a dark textured background.
Source V. Hartikainen
Pinetree in tortoiseshell(亀甲松) #2538
Dark CC 0The image depicts a seamless pattern of Japanese Edo pattern called "kikkou-matsu" or "亀甲松" meaning " tortoiseshell-pinetree".The real pinetree is like this: https://jp.pinterest.com/pin/500744052301065077/
Source Yamachem
Background pattern 306 #1882
Colorful CC 0Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Transparent Square Tiles #298
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0The first pattern on here using opacity. Try it on a site with a colored background, or even using mixed colors.
Source Nathan Spady
Seamless Cardboard Texture #1212
Cardboard CC BY-SA 3.0A free background image with a seamless texture of cardboard. This texture of cardboard looks quite realistic, especially when is actually tiled.
Source V. Hartikainen
Subtle White Mini Waves #1322
Unknow CC BY-SA 3.0Tiny circle waves, almost like the ocean.
Source Sagive
Gray Striped Fabric Pattern #1170
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0Here's a new gray "fabric" pattern. Use it as backgrounds for websites or for other purposes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Zig-zag pattern 4 #2415
Grid CC 0A seamless pattern based on a rectangular tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 214 #2315
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Kingsdene', Maria Fetherstonehaugh, 1878.
Source Firkin
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
Shattered@2X #952
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0A large pattern with funky shapes and form. An original. Sort of origami-ish.
Source Luuk van Baars
Feathered #1324
Unknow CC BY-SA 3.0This is sort of fresh, but still feels a bit old school.
Source Martuchox
Carbon Fiber v2@2X #106
Carbon CC BY-SA 3.0One more updated pattern. Not really carbon fiber, but it’s the most popular pattern, so I’ll give you an extra choice.
Source Atle Mo
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
birdface seamless pattern #2470
Unknow CC 0The image depicts a seamless pattern made using a bird's face.
Source Yamachem
Old Moon@2X #1202
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0Awesome name, great pattern. Who does not love space?
Source Nick Batchelor