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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Page ornament #1989
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
Dark Brown Wood Background (Tile-able) #886
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0Tile-able Dark Brown Wood Background. Feel free to use it as a background image in your designs or somewhere on the web. By the way, the color seems to be close to Coffee Brown.
Source V. Hartikainen
Argyle #643
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Classy golf-pants pattern, or crossed stripes if you will.
Source Will Monson
Background pattern 336 (colour 2) #1720
Green CC 0Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
Abstract Water Texture (Seamless) #890
Water CC BY-SA 3.0An abstract texture of water. It's not perfect, but will do. You may download if you like it.
Source V. Hartikainen
Tileable Wood@2X #656
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0Not so subtle. These tileable wood patterns are very useful.
Source Elemis
Ecailles@2X #1043
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Almost like little fish shells, or dragon skin.
Source Graphiste
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
Natural Paper #833
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0You know I’m a sucker for these. Well-crafted paper pattern.
Source Mihaela Hinayon
Light Note Paper #942
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Here's an yet another seamless note paper texture for use as a background on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Redox 02 #851
Light CC BY-SA 3.0After 1 comes 2, same but different. You get the idea.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Background pattern 234 #2259
Brown CC 0Drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Woven@2X #291
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Can’t believe we don’t have this in the collection already! Slick woven pattern with crisp details.
Source Max Rudberg
Background pattern 250 (colour 3) #2169
Colorful CC 0To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Dark Brown Timber Wall Texture #874
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0A free seamless background texture of "timber wall" (colored in dark brown).
Source V. Hartikainen
Decorative divider 252 #2065
Dark CC 0Remix from a drawing in 'Ostatnie chwile powstania styczniowego', Zygmunt Sulima, 1887.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 201 #2501
Grid CC 0A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Diamond pattern (colour 8) #2273
Red CC 0From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Nasty Fabric@2X #1009
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0Nasty or not, it’s a nice pattern that tiles. Like they all do.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
White Diamond@2X #367
Diamond CC BY-SA 3.0To celebrate the new feature, we need some sparkling diamonds.
Source Atle Mo
Sewn Stripes Pattern #964
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless pattern of "sewn stripes" colored in light gray.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 306 #1882
Colorful CC 0Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 214 #2377
Blue CC 0A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider #1996
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Two Women in the Klondike', Mary Hitchcock, 1899.
Source Firkin
First Aid Kit@2X #702
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0No, not the band but the pattern. Simple squares in gray tones, of course.
Source Atle Mo