Warped Stripes on Paper #1073
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless background of warped stripes on paper.
Source V. Hartikainen
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Decorative divider 292 #1774
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Subtle Freckles #89
Light CC BY-SA 3.0This is so subtle: We’re talking 1% opacity. Get your squint on!
Source Atle Mo
Groovepaper@2X #578
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0With a name like this, it has to be hot. Diagonal lines in light shades.
Source Isaac
Blue on White Background Pattern #993
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A background pattern with blue on white vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Dirty Old Black Shirt@2X #854
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Used in small doses, this could be a nice subtle pattern. Used on a large surface, it’s dirty!
Source Paul Reulat
Light Striped Background #937
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A light background pattern with diagonal stripes. Here's a simple light striped background for you.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 225 (colour 4) #2324
Green CC 0Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be extracted by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Wavy tile #2024
Colorful CC 0Seamless tile drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
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
Vintage pattern #1960
Grid CC 0Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
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
Clean gray paper #859
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0On a large canvas you can see it tiling, but used on smaller areas, it’s beautiful.
Source Paul Phönixweiß
Tex2res4 #717
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Number 1 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
First Aid Kit #701
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0No, not the band but the pattern. Simple squares in gray tones, of course.
Source Atle Mo
Gray Sand@2X #18
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A dark gray, sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.
Source Atle Mo
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
Tex2res5@2X #726
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0Number 5 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
Decorative divider 221 #2224
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 6 #226
Noise CC 0A pattern derived from part of a fractal rendering in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Polyskelion Pattern No Background #394
Light CC 0Prismatic Polyskelion Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Dark Tire #703
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Dark, crisp and subtle. Tiny black lines on top of some noise.
Source Wilmotte Bastien
Smooth Dark Wall #1266
Wall CC 0Zero CC plastic pattern texture, photographed and made by me. CC0 *Note, this texture was on the perfectly smooth surface of a plastic shovel scraper, not sure how to call it. Plz coment if you know what its called.
Source Sojan Janso