Worn Out Cardboard #1214
Cardboard CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless texture of worn out "cardboard".
Source V. Hartikainen
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Red Gemstone Tiles #1223
Red CC BY-SA 3.0This tiled background comes in red and consists of tiles that look like gemstones. It is more for blogs or social profiles, I think.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 259 #2133
Red 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
Smooth Wall #27
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Some rectangles, a bit of dust and grunge, plus a hint of concrete.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Isometric Cube Extra Pattern No Background@2X #789
Light CC 0Prismatic Isometric Cube Extra Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Dotnoise Light Grey@2X #309
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Sort of like the back of a wooden board. Light, subtle, and stylish, just the way we like it!
Source Nikolalek
Floral pattern 17 (colour) #1724
Orange CC 0Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by mdmelo.
Source Firkin
Small Crosses #115
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Sharp pixel pattern looking like some sort of fabric.
Source Dmitry
Fabric pattern (colour 6) #2397
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
Vintage pattern #1958
Grid CC 0Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 245 (colour 6) #2187
Colorful CC 0This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Restaurant #1311
Yellow CC BY-SA 3.0A lot of people like the icon patterns, so here’s one for your restaurant blog.
Source Andrijana Jarnjak
Floral design 88 #1876
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3@2X #458
Noise CC 0Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3
Source GDJ
"Wide Stripe Wallpaper", Seamless Pattern #970
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless pattern with wide vertical stripes colored in pale yellow.
Source V. Hartikainen
Paven #296
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0A subtle shadowed checkered pattern. Increase the lightness for even more subtle sexiness.
Source Josh Green
Green Fibers #91
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0The green fibers pattern will work very well in grayscale as well.
Source Matteo Di Capua
Part of Bayeux Tapestry 1 #2452
Noise CC 0From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
Floral design 101 (version 2) #1757
Green CC 0From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Gloomy Stripes #994
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A dark striped seamless pattern suitable for use as a background on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
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
Decking 2 #2584
Wood CC 0A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Brick texture floor #1704
Wall CC 0Found on the ground in french cafe in kunming, Yunnan, china
Source Rejon