Zig-zag pattern #2418
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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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
Leafy pattern 12 (colour 2) #1761
Red CC 0From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Nistri@2X #774
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0No idea what Nistri means, but it’s a crisp little pattern nonetheless.
Source Markus Reiter
"Colorful Stripes", Diagonally Striped Background #903
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0This background pattern contains worn out colorful stripes as a texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
Stacked Circles #673
Light CC BY-SA 3.0A simple circle. That’s all it takes. This one is even transparent, for those who like that.
Source Saqib
fence pattern #2487
Grid CC 0The image is the remix of "wire-mesh fence seamless pattern" .This is a more minute version of it.Sorry for the file size.Using path>difference in Inkscape, I will cut out any silhouette from this pattern and create a "meshed silhouette".
Source Yamachem
Solid #845
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0A mid-tone gray pattern with some cement looking texture.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Floral design 91 #1814
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Hubert Montreuil, or the Huguenot and the Dragoon', Francisca Ouvry, 1873.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 230 #2150
Dark CC 0From a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.
Source Firkin
Seamless Paper Texture (Pale Yellow) #1217
Yellow CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless paper background texture colored in pale yellow. This seamless texture is ideal for those who need a yellow background image for their website. The texture resembles paper.
Source V. Hartikainen
"Polished Blue Stone", Seamless Web Texture #1052
Stone CC BY-SA 3.0An abstract web texture of a polished blue stone (or does it look more like ice).
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 320 #1830
Pink CC 0Formed by distorting a JPG from PublicDomainPictures
Source Firkin
Pattern cleanup 4 #157
Noise CC 0An attempt for cleaning up the original image in a few steps.
Source Lazur URH
Decorative divider 240 #2086
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Floral background 22 (colour) #1779
Green CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Paper Fibers@2X #1061
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Just what the name says, paper fibers. Always good to have.
Source Heliodor jalba
Concrete Wall #77
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Dark blue concrete wall with some small dust spots.
Source Atle Mo
Black Linen #63
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Wavy background #2019
Colorful CC 0CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight