Retina Wood@2X #924
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0I’m not going to use the word Retina for all the new patterns, but it just felt right for this one. Huge wood pattern for ya’ll.
Source Atle Mo
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Background pattern 19 (black) #203
Dark CC 0A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'rainbow twist' texture in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
Tileable Wood #655
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0Not so subtle. These tileable wood patterns are very useful.
Source Elemis
White Sand@2X #20
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Same as gray sand but lighter. A sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.
Source Atle Mo
Frozen Surface With Diagonal Stripes #912
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0This light background pattern has a texture of "frozen" surface with diagonal stripes. Here's an yet another addition to the collection of free website backgrounds.
Source V. Hartikainen
Dark Metallic Background Pattern #1088
Metal CC BY-SA 3.0A dark background pattern/texture of a dimpled metal plate.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 227 (colour 4) #2311
Green CC 0A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Subtle Website Background #1022
Stone CC BY-SA 3.0Here's a subtle marble-like background for use on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern black and white #2030
Dark CC 0A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
Circular frame 25 #1712
Dark CC 0Derived from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by nutkitten
Source Firkin
Background pattern 245 (colour 2) #2191
Green CC 0This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Vertical Cloth@2X #598
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0You just can’t get enough of the fabric patterns, so here is one more for your collection.
Source Krisp Designs
Dark Tile-able Grunge Texture #1123
Grunge CC BY-SA 3.0Dark Tile-able Grunge Texture. I think this texture can be classified as grunge. It's free and seamless, as always.
Source V. Hartikainen
Decorative divider 244 #2080
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 206 #2380
Dark CC 0Derived from a corner decoration itself found as a jpg on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Double Lined@2X #52
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Horizontal and vertical lines on a light gray background.
Source Adam Anlauf
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 5 No Black@2X #792
Noise CC 0Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 5 No Black
Source GDJ
Parquet flooring pattern (colour 2) #2426
Green CC 0A seamless pattern recreated from an image on Pixabay. It is reminiscent of parquet flooring and is formed from a square tile, which can be recovered in Inkscape by selecting the ungrouped rectangle and using shift-alt-I together.
Source Firkin
Vintage pattern #2296
Brown 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
Fabric pattern #2402
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
Simple Horizontal Light #982
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Sometimes you just need the simplest thing.
Source Fabricio
Pinstriped Suit@2X #666
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Just like your old suit, all striped and smooth.
Source Alex Berkowitz
Wave Grind #1132
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Submitted by DomainsInfo – wtf, right? But hey, a free pattern.
Source DomainsInfo