Retina Wood #923
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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Colourful background #2009
Colorful CC 0Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Floral pattern 6 (colour 6) #2455
Fabric CC 0Alternative colour scheme for the original floral pattern.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 5 #224
Noise CC 0A pattern drawn in Paint.net and vectorized in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Rubber Grip #101
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A very slick dark rubber grip pattern, sort of like the grip on a camera.
Source Sinisha
Green & Grass #1368
Green CC 0Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Page ornament #1991
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
Textured Red Brown Plastic #878
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0Textured Red Brown Plastic, Free Background Pattern. Although there's already enough plastic in our lives, let's bring it to the web too.)
Source V. Hartikainen
Decorative divider 235 #2091
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'The Quiver of Love', Walter Crane, 1876
Source Firkin
Background pattern 336 #1721
Pink CC 0Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
Use Your Illusion #917
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A dark one with geometric shapes and dotted lines.
Source Mohawk Studios
Gold Scale@2X #285
Light CC BY-SA 3.0More Japanese-inspired patterns, Gold Scales this time.
Source Josh Green
Background pattern 226 (colour 2) #2320
Green CC 0A seamless pattern from a tile made from a jpg on Pixabay. To get the tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Tex2res2@2X #720
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0Number 2 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
Swirl@2X #948
Light CC BY-SA 3.0The name tells you it has curves. Oh yes, it does!
Source Peter Chon
Dark Mosaic@2X #122
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Small dots with minor circles spread across to form a nice mosaic.
Source John Burks
Fall Leaves #243
Fabric CC 0Colored maple leaves scattered on a surface. This is tileable, so it can be used as a background or wallpaper.
Source Eady
Blizzard@2X #664
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0This is so subtle I hope you can see it! Tweak at will.
Source Alexandre Naud
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
Floral pattern 6 (colour 4) #2458
Fabric CC 0Alternative colour scheme for the original floral pattern.
Source Firkin
Black Linen 2@2X #104
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A new take on the black linen pattern. Softer this time.
Source Atle Mo
Background pattern 21 #205
Light CC 0A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'rainbow twist' texture in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Triangular Background Design Mark II 5@2X #788
Dark CC 0Prismatic Triangular Background Design Mark II 5
Source GDJ
Cardboard@2X #279
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