Textures are, after all, a necessary component in web design. They can give depth, draw attention to key elements, and of course serve as a great background!
If you’re looking for free textures to enhance your projects, catch my pick. Here are 11 free sites where you can download high-quality textures.
freestocktextures.com.
A site created by two photographers and artists. It hosts a ton of textures, all licensed under Creative Commons Zero . From nature to abstracts, there are all kinds of images here. You can sort textures by tag, so what you’re looking for won’t be hard to find.
There’s a limit of 5 images per day for anonymous users and 50 for registered users.
Pexels.com (texture section)
Pexels is a resource with free photos , which has a texture section that contains tons of great quality images. The images are uploaded by users and are licensed under CC0 (Creative Commons Zero) . And there’s no download limit, so you can download as many textures as you want.
unsplash.com
Unsplash probably needs no introduction. I have this site in my collection of photostocks as well. We’re talking about textures now, but Unsplesh has that section as well.
There’s a bunch of textures and patterns that are available for personal and commercial use under CC0.
Textures.com
This is a one-stop site that has just about every kind of textured graphic you can think of. Need photos? 3D scanned surfaces? Panoramas or brushes ? You can find them here.
The search function will help you find specific textures, by tags like “seamless” or “scanned”. Currently, their library is about 124,470 images and growing.
Downloads for registered users are up to 15 images per day. If you need more images, you can purchase credits or a subscription. You will also need credits to download larger files.
3djungle.ru
Site is in Russian. All textures are divided into categories in alphabetical order. More than 30 sections with subsections. There is an opportunity to preview the textures in 100% resolution. Downloadable directly from the site. The size of 1000*1000px and larger.
Vecteezy.com
Do you need free vector textures? Then here’s the place to find them. There are tons of beautiful, clean vectors available for download. Some of them are free, and you’ll need credits for others. But you can sort textures by license type to see only free images.
Wildtextures.com
As you can understand from the name of the site – it’s wild textures )
Wild Textures has textures of all kinds. You can sort them by category, tag, and even by color! This makes it easy to find the perfect texture.
And there’s also a preview of your chosen texture on various items.
Stockvault.net (texture section)
Another stock photography site, but I’m giving you a link right to the texture section.
This repository of photos and textures has it all. Here you will find high definition images that fit your needs. Users who upload images can choose to grant a commercial/non-commercial license or make the work public domain. So be sure to check the license and don’t violate copyrights.
Freepik.com (textures section)
Another well-known site, so I can’t help but mention it.
Without buying a plan, you are limited to 5 anonymous and 30 registered downloads per day.
Texturelib.com.
Texturelib’s small but robust library is free for personal or commercial use. Most of the images are about nature, but there are also textures of architecture, roads, windows and other things.
Textureking.com
And lastly, a site? where you’ll find lots of rough, natural textures available for use in almost any commercial project.
Although the site contains about 400 images and is not updated very often, there are several categories in which you can also find high-quality textures.
They can be downloaded for free without an account.
When used properly, textures help create great designs. Use them to draw attention to important elements , create a rough, rough atmosphere or to add depth and beauty to a flat design!
