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
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Small Steps #1312
Light CC BY-SA 3.0This ons is quite old school looking. Retro, even. I like it.
Source Arno Declercq
Silver Scales@2X #190
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Turn your site into a dragon with this great scale pattern.
Source Alex Parker
Beige Stripes #938
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A repeating background of beige (or is it more vanilla yellow) textured stripes. One more background with stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 3 No Background@2X #556
Noise CC 0Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Fabric pattern 2 (colour 4) #2393
Fabric CC 0Not a pattern for fabrics, but one produced from a jpg of a stack of fabric items that was posted on Pixabay. The tile that this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 289 #1937
Orange CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 250 #2070
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Очерки Русской Исторіи въ памятникахъ быта', Petr Polevoi, 1879.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 290 #1932
Dark CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 288 #1820
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.
Source Firkin
Leafy pattern 8 #1806
Dark CC 0Inspired by a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by kokon_art
Source Firkin
Binding Light@2X #1137
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Light gray version of the Binding pattern that looks a bit like fabric.
Source Newbury
Tweed #1150
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Tweed is back in style – you heard it here first. Also, the @2X version here is great!
Source Simon Leo
Background pattern 315 (colour 6) #1840
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
Worn Dots@2X #710
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0These dots are already worn for you, so you don’t have to.
Source Matt McDaniel
Background pattern 258 #2135
Dark CC 0Remixed from a design on Pixabay. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Shapes pattern #2409
Brown CC 0A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Zig-zag pattern 2 #2417
Grid CC 0A seamless pattern based on a rectangular tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Page ornament #1987
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
Dark Brown Wood Pattern #884
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless background pattern of dark brown wood planks.
Source V. Hartikainen
Geometric pattern #2002
Dark CC 0A monochrome pattern from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscaope and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Double Lined@2X #52
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Horizontal and vertical lines on a light gray background.
Source Adam Anlauf