Zig-zag pattern 5 #2414
Grid CC 0A seamless pattern based on a square tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
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Background pattern 271 #2058
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'The Canadian horticulturist', 1892
Source Firkin
Bark #1291
Wall CC 0Zero CC tileable bark texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Nistri@2X #774
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0No idea what Nistri means, but it’s a crisp little pattern nonetheless.
Source Markus Reiter
Wooden Background For Websites #873
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0This background has abstract texture with some similarities to wood.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern blue #1949
Blue CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Floral pattern 9 #2043
Dark CC 0The tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i. Remixed from a drawing in 'Flowers of Song', Frederick Weatherly, 1895.
Source Firkin
Gray Lines@2X #914
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Some more diagonal lines and noise, because you know you want it.
Source Atle Mo
Blue #1264
Paper CC 0Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Subtle Grunge@2X #1041
Light CC BY-SA 3.0A heavy hitter at 400x400px, but lovely still.
Source Breezi
White Sand@2X #20
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
Textured Red Brown Plastic #878
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0Textured Red Brown Plastic, Free Background Pattern. Although there's already enough plastic in our lives, let's bring it to the web too.)
Source V. Hartikainen
crissXcross@2X #112
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Dark pattern with some nice diagonal stitched lines crossing over.
Source Ashton
Background pattern 26 (black) #199
Dark CC 0Pattern formed from simple shapes. Black version.
Source Firkin
Brick Wall #1146
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0One more brick pattern. A bit more depth to this one.
Source Benjamin Ward
White Carbon Fiber #823
Light CC BY-SA 3.0More carbon fiber for your collections. This time in white or semi-dark gray.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Green Striped Background #899
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0If you need a green background for your blog/website, try this one. Remember that Green Striped Background is seamlessly tileable.
Source V. Hartikainen
leaf seamless pattern #2262
Blue CC 0The image depicts a tiled seamless pattern.The tile represents four leaves aligned every 90 ° , which may look like a bird or a dragon .The original leaf design is from a Japanese old book.
Source Yamachem
Project Papper #119
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Light square grid pattern, great for a “DIY projects” sort of website, maybe?
Source Rafael Almeida
Billie Holiday #1002
Light CC BY-SA 3.0No relation to the band, but damn it’s subtle!
Source Thomas Myrman
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
Tileable Wood@2X #656
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0Not so subtle. These tileable wood patterns are very useful.
Source Elemis
Decorative divider 226 #2178
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Paul's Sister', Frances Peard, 1889.
Source Firkin
Small Crackle Bright@2X #353
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Light gray pattern with an almost wall tile-like appearance.
Source Markus Tinner
Floral pattern 6 (colour 2) #2460
Fabric CC 0Alternative colour scheme for the original floral pattern.
Source Firkin
Tessellation 16 (colour 4) #2212
Green CC 0The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin