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Subtle Grunge@2X #1041
Light CC BY-SA 3.0A heavy hitter at 400x400px, but lovely still.
Source Breezi
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Variation 2 With Background@2X #472
Noise CC 0Prismatic Geometric Pattern Variation 2 With Background
Source GDJ
Groovepaper@2X #578
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0With a name like this, it has to be hot. Diagonal lines in light shades.
Source Isaac
Page ornament #1987
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
Old Moon #1201
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0Awesome name, great pattern. Who does not love space?
Source Nick Batchelor
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
Checkered Pattern@2X #323
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Simple gray checkered lines, in light tones.
Source Radosław Rzepecki
Subtle Dots@2X #922
Light CC BY-SA 3.0As simple and subtle as it gets. But sometimes that’s just what you want.
Source Designova
lotus crane #2499
Concrete CC 0The image depicts a seamless pattern of the design which includes a stylized lotus and a stylized crane.I referred to the original image in a book which is into public domain.
Source Yamachem
"Green Stone", Seamless Web Texture #1050
Stone CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless web texture of "green stone".
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 336 (colour 2) #1720
Green 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
Background pattern 266 #2068
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Some account of the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers', John Nicholl, 1866.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 191 #2515
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Studies for Stories', Jean Ingelow, 1864.
Source Firkin
Vaio@2X #676
Diamond CC BY-SA 3.0I’m guessing this is related to the Sony Vaio? It’s a nice pattern no matter where it’s from.
Source Zigzain
Micro Carbon@2X #8
Carbon CC BY-SA 3.0Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo
Part of Bayeux Tapestry 2 #2451
Noise CC 0From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
Floral pattern 6 (colour 6) #2455
Fabric CC 0Alternative colour scheme for the original floral pattern.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 234 (colour 2) #2258
Green CC 0Drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Type #276
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.
Source Atle Mo
Old Brown Leather, Seamless Texture #1117
Leather CC BY-SA 3.0This texture looks like old leather. It should look great as a background on web pages.
Source V. Hartikainen
Knotty wooden board #2564
Wood CC 0A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Overlapped wood #2567
Wood CC 0A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
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