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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Background pattern 254 #2144
Dark CC 0To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Background pattern #1977
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Textured Paper@2X #1131
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0You know I love paper patterns. Here is one from Stephen. Say thank you!
Source Stephen Gilbert
Scribble Light #739
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A bit like smudged paint or some sort of steel, here is scribble light.
Source Tegan Male
Prismatic Polyskelion Pattern No Background@2X #800
Light CC 0Prismatic Polyskelion Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Vichy@2X #72
Light CC BY-SA 3.0This one could be the shirt of a golf player. Angled lines in different thicknesses.
Source Olivier Pineda
Tessellation 15 #2223
Dark CC 0The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Gray Striped Fabric Pattern #1170
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0Here's a new gray "fabric" pattern. Use it as backgrounds for websites or for other purposes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern pink #1954
Pink CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Stone Granite #1292
Stone CC 0ZeroCC tileabel stone granite texture, edited from pixabay. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Fabric pattern 3 (colour 3) #2385
Fabric CC 0Alternative colour scheme. Not 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
Sativa #1306
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Honestly, who does not like a little pipe and mustache?
Source Luca Errico
Simple Horizontal Light@2X #983
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Sometimes you just need the simplest thing.
Source Fabricio
Lichen #1293
Stone CC 0Zero CC tileable moss or lichen covered stone texture, edited from pixabay. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Background pattern 226 (colour 5) #2317
Blue CC 0A seamless pattern from a tile made from a jpg on Pixabay. To get the tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Stripy checkerboard pattern 2 #1767
Dark CC 0Simple combination of stripy squares with their negatively coloured counterparts
Source Firkin
Silver Scales@2X #190
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Turn your site into a dragon with this great scale pattern.
Source Alex Parker
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
"Dark Red Canvas", Seamless Web Texture@2X #1222
Red CC BY-SA 3.0A free seamless background image with a texture of dark red "canvas". It should look very nice on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 234 (colour 4) #2256
Pink CC 0Drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Wooden Background For Websites #873
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0This background has abstract texture with some similarities to wood.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II 2 No Background@2X #533
Noise CC 0Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II 2 No Background
Source GDJ