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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Tex2res2 #719
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0Number 2 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
Notebook #1178
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0This one is super crisp at 2X. Lined paper with some dust and scratches.
Source HQvectors
Binding Light@2X #1137
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Light gray version of the Binding pattern that looks a bit like fabric.
Source Newbury
Tile-able Wall Texture (Light Orange Brown) #1051
Stone CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless texture of an abstract wall colored in shades of light orange brown.
Source V. Hartikainen
Large Leather@2X #650
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0More leather, and this time it’s bigger! You know, in case you need that.
Source Elemis
Floral design 87 #1886
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
Source Firkin
Tessellation 10 #2547
Grid CC 0An alternative colour scheme to the original seamless pattern.
Source Firkin
Colourful background 14 (colour 2) #2525
Colorful CC 0An alternative colour scheme for the original background.
Source Firkin
Grey Washed Wall #1128
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0This is a semi-dark pattern, sort of linen-y.
Source Sagive SEO
Cream Pixels@2X #1145
Light CC BY-SA 3.0If you don’t like cream and pixels, you’re in the wrong place.
Source Mizanur Rahman
Grid Paper Background (Blue Gray) #1162
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0A free grid paper background pattern for using on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Rainbow flag pattern #1873
Colorful CC 0The tile can be had by using shift+alt+i on the selected rectangle in Inkscape
Source Firkin
Background pattern 264 #2071
Orange CC 0The tile for this is based on a repeating unit close to a design on Pixabay. It can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 222 #2345
Green CC 0Seamless pattern inspired by a drawing on Pixabay. To get the tile this is formed from, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 339 #1709
Dark CC 0The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 3 No Background@2X #540
Diamond CC 0Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Cork Panel Background Texture #869
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0This one looks like a cork panel. Feel free to use it as a tiled background on your blog or website.
Source V. Hartikainen
"Gray Stripes", Background Pattern #941
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0This one is quite simple in design, it consists of vertical stripes layered on top of a seamless texture.
Source V. Hartikainen