Stripy checkerboard pattern #1768
Dark CC 0Simple combination of stripy squares with their negatively coloured counterparts
Source Firkin
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Background pattern 315 (colour 3) #1843
Green CC 0The rectangular tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Prismatic Isometric Cube Extra Pattern No Background@2X #789
Light CC 0Prismatic Isometric Cube Extra Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Background pattern 266 #2068
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Some account of the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers', John Nicholl, 1866.
Source Firkin
Leafy pattern 12 #1764
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Snowflake pattern remix #156
Dark CC 0The base gradient edited so now more details are rendered.
Source Lazur URH
Star pattern 2 #1898
Dark CC 0To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
"Reptile Skin", Seamless Texture #1119
Leather CC BY-SA 3.0A free seamless texture of reptile skin colored in a dark brown color. As always, you may use it as a repeated background image in your web design works, or for any other purposes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Green Background With Leaves #1331
Green CC BY-SA 3.0It looks very nice I think.
Source V. Hartikainen
Nistri@2X #774
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0No idea what Nistri means, but it’s a crisp little pattern nonetheless.
Source Markus Reiter
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 5@2X #793
Noise CC 0Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 5
Source GDJ
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2@2X #454
Noise CC 0Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2
Source GDJ
Diagonales Decalées@2X #1019
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Sounds French. Some 3D square diagonals, that’s all you need to know.
Source Graphiste
Tile-able Black Paper Background #1076
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A black tile-able background with paper-like texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
Type #276
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.
Source Atle Mo
Background pattern 214 (colour 4) #2373
Yellow CC 0A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
Source Firkin
Project Papper@2X #120
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Light square grid pattern, great for a “DIY projects” sort of website, maybe?
Source Rafael Almeida
Diagmonds@2X #337
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Love the style on this one, very fresh. Diagonal diamond pattern. Get it?
Source INS
Geometric pattern 6 #1930
Dark CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Orange Striped Background Pattern #909
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0An orange vertically striped background pattern. Feel free to download and use this orange background pattern, for example, on the web). It resembles a wallpaper with vertical stripes or something similar to it.
Source V. Hartikainen
Blue Stripes Pattern #969
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A textured blue background pattern with vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Abstract Ellipses Background Grayscale #378
Dark CC 0Abstract Ellipses Background Grayscale
Source GDJ
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