50 Background Patterns I love at Colourlovers
One of the great sources for seamless background patterns is colorlouvers.com. (Of course, aside from being a great resource for color palettes!) You can browse through thousands of background pattern designs from ornaments to retro to abstract design patterns, among many others. You may also join the community if you want and share the background patterns that you designed over the years as well as those that you are planning to make.
All artworks on this site are licensed under a Creative Commons license and most of them can be used freely on blogs, Twitter, mobile phone wallpapers, MySpace profiles and other non-commercial web projects. Just to make sure, please check the use of terms that can be found at colourlovers.com. You may also find some of these background patterns useful in your scrapbooking designs.
In this roundup, I would like to share with you my top background pattern picks from colourlovers. For easy browsing, I grouped the background patterns into ornaments/florals, retro, plaid, stripes and abstracts.
For more Photoshop patterns, please also check our following posts:
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On the other hand, if you are looking for Illustrator background patterns, check these posts instead:
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FLORALS and ORNAMENTS Background Patterns
1) 100 Flowers by Xanthe
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2) Lilac Cloisonne by Skyblue2u
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3) Ginger Power by Michael Edgerley
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4) Jamaica Blanco
Author: Eye Eats Crayon
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5) Daisy+Poppy Fusion
Author: Jwad
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6) Pink Cotton
Author:Skyblue2u
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7) Love Flowers
Author: Skyblue2u
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Sea Martini Fantasy
Author: Skyblue2u
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9) Theory of Relativity
Author: rphnick
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10) Fair Flowers
Author: Skyblue2u
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RETRO PATTERNS
11) Need a Bigger Place
Author: TVR
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12) Retro 1
Author: Retromedia
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13) Stereo
Author: Its Viv
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14) Pastel Cirlce
Author:Teaisluv
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15) Retro Illusion
Author: Northerlywinds
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16) Lost Fairy Tale
Author: xVintageMemories
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17) Retro Summer
Author: Angela Faye
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18) Retro Mosaic
Author: Degard
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19) Retro Target
Author:Design Monkey
20) Living ‘72
Author: Cool Hand Luke
PLAID PATTERNS
21) Sucks You In
Author: Technicolorr
22) Buchanan
Author: Koraih
23) Plaidness and Gladness
Author: joyseline
24) Moon Shadows
Author:Skyblue2u
25) Plaid Love
author: palalula
26) Poor Unfortunate
Author: Pink Panda 0466
27) Bad School Girl
Author: HOMG
28) Plaid Tidings
Author: ghighi
29) A Change of Heart
Author: Felicit Flowers
30) Hand-Drawn Postcard
Author: Eight Muse
STRIPES
31) Stars and Stripes
Author: High Wire Art
32) Ice Cream Sociable
Author: Ena Bean
33) 3 Pairs of Jeans
Author: Dark Star
34) Moodie
Author:TVR
35) Satin Tie
Author: Y-ray
36) Stripes
Author: Treebeck
37) Brain Brulée
Author: TVR
ABSTRACT PATTERNS
38) Abstract Blossom
Author: Mabills
39) Ripples in a Pond
Author: Tiandu
40) Worry
Author: Tiandu
41) If It’s Possible
Author: El Pasa 01
42) Abstract Peacock
Author: Delic8
43) Abstract Strawberries
Author: Laleh 1979
44) 3D Basket Weave
Author:Am-y
45) Abstract Explosion
Author: Kerickson66
46) Abstract Jungle
Author: Dream Agent 2
47) Moral Kiosk
Author: Koraih
48) Inside Out
Author: Elfarwenevenstar
49) Cattle
Author: Claudio Zeiger
50) Lustratio
Author: Claudio Zeiger
Nice collection. Thanks
Lots of free vector patterns available at Patternhead.com.
@Patternhead -
You’re welcome!
An interesting post by a bloger made me ……
Very beautiful. Some of them were really striking. I liked the brighter ones more… so vibrant and so inviting. Can think of so many uses already. Thanks.
I love te colours and lay out of your blog, i really want to get hold of this theme, what are you using?
@Anika -
Thanks. I created this theme.
Oh,muito bom! Very Good!
Thanks!
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