When light and used in moderation, tasteful background graphics can add a
touch of warmth and/or originality to an otherwise dull page or HTML table. Our
collection of background and tile links will help you find just the right backdrop
for your project without having to "reinvent the wheel" by massaging your
own images.
- Absolute Background Textures
Archive
- Over 4,000 (and growing) background tiles and borders for use in Web pages.
Conveniently sorted by color and pattern. Individual downloads are free; the
entire collection (including clip art, graphics, and fonts) can be downloaded
en masse or ordered on CD for a one-time charge.
- Ancient Rock Art Backgrounds
- Rather unique collection of "Rock Art," i.e., rock carvings and
drawings from ancient cultures. Return link required for use.
- Backgrounds Archive
- Provides background images searchable by themes, colors, and shades.
- The Background Boutique
- With image and design tiles and borders. Includes "double background" sets
(pairs of light/dark backgrounds designed to complement one another). Return
link required for use.
- The Background Tile Sampler
- JPEG and GIF tiles for use as wallpaper and background. Metal, wood, walls and floors;
other categories available.
- The
background-image attribute
- From the W3C. Description of the
background-image attribute and its
use as of CSS2. Note that the use of the background= attribute directly
within HTML tags is either non-standard or deprecated HTML.
- Borders
- Background images designed specifically to be used as page borders. By The
Humble Bee.
- Julianne's Background Textures
- Over 50 sets of background images separated by color. Includes a background "tour"
feature, where your browser will automatically move to another background selection every
15 seconds or so.
- Realm Graphics Backgrounds
- Lots of background images here. Features TextureView, which will create a
sample page with the texture of your choice so that you can get an idea of what
it will look like. From Ender Design.
- Texture Station
- About 400 backgrounds categorized by hue for convenience.
Collections
- Backgrounds
- Background collection links from Yahoo's directory.
- Free Backgrounds
- Large list of background image collection sites; split into tiled and animated backgrounds.
From Google, a.k.a., the Open Directory. See also their free textures
category.
Comments are welcome
Revised: September 12, 2002
URL: http://webreference.com/authoring/graphics/backgrounds.html
