White Sand #19
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Same as gray sand but lighter. A sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.
Source Atle Mo
More Textures
Circles@2X #186
Light CC BY-SA 3.0One more sharp little tile for you. Subtle circles this time.
Source Blunia
Floral design 97 #1778
Yellow CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 297 #1746
Pink CC 0From drawing in 'Musings in Maoriland', Thomas Bracken, 1890.
Source Firkin
Diminishing design 5 #1725
Blue CC 0Adapted from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Anerma.
Source Firkin
Dark Grunge Texture (Seamless) #1125
Grunge CC BY-SA 3.0Seamless Dark Grunge Texture. Here's a new grunge texture for use as a background.
Source V. Hartikainen
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
Diamond Upholstery@2X #768
Diamond CC BY-SA 3.0A re-make of the Gradient Squares pattern.
Source Dimitar Karaytchev
Background pattern 252 (colour 2) #2156
Brown CC 0Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 290 #1817
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Cassell's Library of English Literature', Henry Morley, 1883.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4 #461
Noise CC 0Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4
Source GDJ
Brilliant #753
Light CC BY-SA 3.0This is so subtle you need to bring your magnifier!
Source Carlos Valdez
Soft Wallpaper@2X #96
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Coming in at 666x666px, this is an evil big pattern, but nice and soft at the same time.
Source Atle Mo
Craft Paper #1279
Yellow CC 0Zero CC tileable yellow craft paper; scanned and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Decorative divider 280 #1875
Blue CC 0From a drawing in 'Artists and Arabs', Henry Blackburn, 1868
Source Firkin
Decking #2585
Wood CC 0A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Type #276
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.
Source Atle Mo
Criss-cross pattern #1895
Dark CC 0A criss-cross pattern similar to one I saw mown into a sports field.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Floral Background No Black #475
Light CC 0Prismatic Floral Background No Black
Source GDJ
Decorative divider 287 #1821
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
Tessellation 10 #2547
Grid CC 0An alternative colour scheme to the original seamless pattern.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 259 (colour 3) #2130
Colorful CC 0Remixed from a design seen on Pixabay. The basic tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Tileable Off-white Background #1191
Concrete CC BY-SA 3.0A free tileable background colored in off-white (antique white) color.
Source V. Hartikainen