Small Steps #1312
Light CC BY-SA 3.0This ons is quite old school looking. Retro, even. I like it.
Source Arno Declercq
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Dark Steel Grid Background Pattern #1081
Metal CC BY-SA 3.0Here's a dark background pattern that contains a steel grid pattern as a texture. Use it as a website background or for other purposes. It's free!
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 272 (colour 3) #2055
Red CC 0A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
shell pattern #2533
Brown CC 0The image depicts a shell seamless pattern.I used an OCAL clipart called "Shell" uploaded by "jgm104".Thanks.
Source Yamachem
Background pattern 9 (greyscale) #213
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Greyscale version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
French Stucco@2X #698
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Fabric-ish patterns are close to my heart. French Stucco to the rescue.
Source Christopher Buecheler
Background pattern 303 #1888
Unknow CC 0Heavily remixed from a drawing that was uploaded to Pixabay by ractapopulous
Source Firkin
Vintage pattern 2 #2295
Yellow 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
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern No Background@2X #537
Diamond CC 0Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Diagonal Noise@2X #182
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0A simple but elegant classic. Every collection needs one of these.
Source Christopher Burton
Fence 3 #2578
Wood CC 0A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Green Gobbler@2X #86
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Luxurious looking pattern (for a T-shirt maybe?) with a hint of green.
Source Simon Meek
Retina Dust #915
Light CC BY-SA 3.0First pattern tailor-made for Retina, with many more to come. All the old ones are upscaled, in case you want to re-download.
Source Atle Mo
Colourful background #2007
Colorful CC 0Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 5@2X #466
Dark CC 0Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 5
Source GDJ
Floral design 96 #1789
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Desert Camo Print #255
Fabric CC 0Here's a camo print with more tan and less green, such as might be used in a desert scenario. This is tileable, so it can be used as a wallpaper or background.
Source Eady
Diagonal Noise #181
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0A simple but elegant classic. Every collection needs one of these.
Source Christopher Burton
Scribble Light #739
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A bit like smudged paint or some sort of steel, here is scribble light.
Source Tegan Male
Felt@2X #301
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Got some felt in my mailbox today, so I scanned it for you to use.
Source Atle Mo
"Black Groove Stripes", Repeating Background #971
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A repeating background for websites with a texture of black groove stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern blue #1949
Blue CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
P2@2X #1108
Light CC BY-SA 3.0A series of 5 patterns. That’s what the P stands for, if you didn’t guess it.
Source Dima Shiper
Whitey #109
Light CC BY-SA 3.0A white version of the very popular linen pattern.
Source Ant Ekşiler
Diamond pattern 2 (colour 5) #2264
Blue CC 0From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin