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
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Twinkle Twinkle@2X #1011
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A very dark spotted twinkle pattern for your twinkle needs.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Leafy pattern 4 #1915
Green CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Hungary. A guide book. By several authors', 1890.
Source Firkin
Debut Light@2X #1013
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Classic 45-degree pattern, light version.
Source Luke McDonald
Decorative divider 228 #2154
Dark CC 0Remixed from a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.
Source Firkin
"Black Chains", Gloomy Background #1082
Metal CC BY-SA 3.0A repeating gloomy background image. This one consists of a pattern of black chains layered on top of a dark textured background.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4 No Black@2X #442
Dark CC 0Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4 No Black
Source GDJ
Indian Red Web Background #1172
Concrete CC BY-SA 3.0A free web background image with a seamless concrete-like texture and an Indian-red color.
Source V. Hartikainen
Seamless Prismatic Quadrilateral Line Art Pattern No Background #379
Diamond CC 0Seamless Prismatic Quadrilateral Line Art Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Geometric pattern #2006
Grid CC 0A monochrome pattern from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscaope and using shift+alt+i
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
Faded Yellow Stripes, Background Pattern #933
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A pale yellow background pattern with vertical stripes. The stripes are partially faded. I think this background image turned out pretty well, especially those faded stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Subtle Website Background #1022
Stone CC BY-SA 3.0Here's a subtle marble-like background for use on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Grunge Website Background #1122
Grunge CC BY-SA 3.0A seamlessly tile-able grunge background image.
Source V. Hartikainen
Decorative divider 245 #2079
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Overlapped wood 2 #2568
Wood CC 0A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Textured Grid Paper #1316
Orange CC BY-SA 3.0A tile-able background for websites with paper-like texture and a grid pattern layered on top of it.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 332 (version 2) #1740
Blue CC 0The tile this is formed from can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Paper 2 #21
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0New paper pattern with a slightly organic feel to it, using some thin threads.
Source Atle Mo
Ribbon pattern 2 (version 2) #2039
Colorful CC 0The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
WaveCut #75
Light CC BY-SA 3.0If you like it a bit trippy, this wave pattern might be for you.
Source Ian Soper
Decorative divider 199 #2436
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Jardyne's Wife', Charles Wills, 1891.
Source Firkin