Subtle Dark Vertical #607
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Classic vertical lines, in all its subtlety.
Source Cody L
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Background pattern 245 (colour 3) #2190
Blue CC 0This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 251 (colour 5) #2163
Red CC 0To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Subtle Freckles #89
Light CC BY-SA 3.0This is so subtle: We’re talking 1% opacity. Get your squint on!
Source Atle Mo
Greek key pattern 5 #2294
Dark CC 0Seamless pattern made from a tile that can be obtained in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 271 #1923
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Incidents on a Journey through Nubia to Darfoor', F. Ensor, 1891.
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
Background pattern 8 (colour) #211
Noise CC 0Colour version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
Background pattern 245 (colour 2) #2191
Green CC 0This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Floral design 97 #1778
Yellow CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Dark Brick Wall #135
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Black brick wall pattern. Brick your site up!
Source Alex Parker
Decorative divider 240 #2086
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Floral Background No Black #475
Light CC 0Prismatic Floral Background No Black
Source GDJ
Green Gobbler #85
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Luxurious looking pattern (for a T-shirt maybe?) with a hint of green.
Source Simon Meek
Polonez Pattern #334
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0A car pattern?! Can it be subtle? I say yes!
Source Radosław Rzepecki
Black Leather Texture (Seamless) #1118
Leather CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless texture of black leather. I think it will look best when used in headers, footers or sidebars.
Source V. Hartikainen
Textured Paper Background (Vanilla Yellow) #1219
Yellow CC BY-SA 3.0Here's a new paper-like background for free use on personal and commercial projects (this applies to all background patterns here).
Source V. Hartikainen
Decorative divider 184 #2589
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Royal Ramsgate', James Simson, 1897.
Source Firkin
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
Diamonds Are Forever #183
Diamond CC BY-SA 3.0Sharp diamond pattern. A small 24x18px tile.
Source Tom Neal
Dirty #1371
Unknow CC 0Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background No Black@2X #452
Noise CC 0Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background No Black
Source GDJ
Kinda Jean@2X #1063
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0A nice one indeed, but I have a feeling we have it already? If you spot a copy, let me know on Twitter.
Source Graphiste
Soft Wallpaper@2X #96
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Coming in at 666x666px, this is an evil big pattern, but nice and soft at the same time.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2 #453
Noise CC 0Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2
Source GDJ