100+ Free Paisley Patterns Great as Backgrounds for Your Designs
Another design trend that is steadily gaining popularity (in addition to chevron patterns) is the use of paisley patterns. Surely, you have encountered one paisley designed item once in your life but maybe you just don’t know what it is called. Paisley is an intricate pattern of curved, feather-shaped decorative design. It is popular in Indian-themed designs but it is said that Persia was the first country to have created paisley designs.
In the early years, paisleys were popular for decorating royalty items such as crowns, and court garments, as well as the clothing of the general population. In the 1960s, paisleys became a big design trend. Paisleys were everywhere–designs of textiles, paper, cars, and other items. Today, paisleys have made a huge comeback. You see them in clothing and apparels, website background, scrapbooks, home decors, wallpapers, among many other things.
If you want to join this trend, then we have compiled huge resources for paisley patterns. We are sure that these paisley patterns and brushes will help you come up with more interesting designs for both web and print. Make sure to bookmark this page as we are going to update them from time to time so you won’t miss any freebie in this department. Enjoy!
The first part consists of seamless paisley patterns in editable vector formats. You can edit these files (maybe change the color or rearrange the paisleys) using a program like Adobe Illustrator. The next part is composed of Photoshop patterns. To use these files, which come in PAT format, you need to have an Adobe Photoshop program. Creating patterns using PAT files in Photoshop will give you endless options on what to do with these patterns. The last 20 entries are ready-to-use PNG paisley patterns. There are actually hundreds of paisley patterns and backgrounds that you can download from colourlovers.com. We just picked the 10 most beautiful patterns.
If you want more of this type of design, visit our roundup of free Photoshop brushes featuring paisley background designs.
I. VECTOR PAISLEY PATTERNS TO COLLECT
Below, you will find paisley backgrounds in either set or single pattern and in editable vector format. These paisley backgrounds come in either Illustrator (AI) or EPS files.
5 VECTOR PAISLEY BACKGROUNDS
This set contains five vector paisley patterns that you can download for free. They are vector so you can still edit the colors as well as the arrangement of paisleys.
VINTAGE VECTOR BACKGROUND DESIGNS
A set of two vector backgrounds featuring paisley ornaments in a yellow color scheme. These are great for retro and vintage designs.
INDIAN HAM (PAISLEY) PATTERNS
A set of three free intricately designed backgrounds in vector EPS format featuring Indian ham (paisley) patterns.
OUTLINED VECTOR PAISLEY PATTERNS
Here is another set of two vector patterns of outlined and sketched paisley designs. More like hand-drawn patterns. These backgrounds come in dark and light color schemes.
SWIRLY PAISLEY PATTERNS
A set of three vector paisley patterns with floral and swirly ornaments.
INDIAN HAM (PAISLEY) BACKGROUNDS
Another set of three paisley backgrounds in editable vector EPS format.
VECTOR PAISLEY CLOTH PATTERNS
This pack includes five seamless vector patterns for creating a retro and vintage-themed designs.
SEAMLESS PAISLEY PATTERNS IN VECTOR EPS
Another set of 5 vector patterns featuring Indian ham (paisley) designs. The backgrounds are mostly in red and orange but you can still edit the colors if you want since these are vector EPS files.
INDIAN HAM VECTOR PAISLEY AND SWIRLS
Here are three vector patterns featuring paisleys and swirls one in a lighter background and the other in a dark brown background.
RIPPED PAISLEY BACKGROUND
Here is an editable vector background with red paisley pattern design. Just add your text to customize this template.
ABSTRACT PAISLEY PATTERN
A single background in black and white (gray tone) featuring lace paisley designs.
VINTAGE PAISLEY FLORAL BACKGROUND
This vector background features lace paisleys with flowers and butterfly ornaments.
RETRO PAISLEY PATTERN
A repeating paisley pattern in brown and cream in vector file.
PAISLEY SEAMLESS PATTERN
This pattern comes in both large tile (300×300) and a small tile (150×150) in a single AI/EPS file.
VECTOR FLORAL PAISLEY PATTERN
A hand-sketched pattern of flowers and paisley ornaments in sweet pink and purple color scheme.
INDIAN HAM (PAISLEY) PATTERN
There are two intricately designed paisley patterns in this set. One in vintage yellow and green colors and the other in monotone (black and white).
SEAMLESS FLORAL PAISLEY PATTERN
II. PAISLEY PATTERNS IN PHOTOSHOP (PAT) FILES
Meanwhile, the following paisley backgrounds are Photoshop patterns. You can open the PAT file and create nice backgrounds in Photoshop program.
PHOTOSHOP PAISLEY SEAMLESS PATTERNS
There are 14 seamless patterns in this set in various sizes and color schemes. The patterns are contained in a single Photoshop PAT file. You need to have a Photoshop program for this to work.
25 PAISLEY PATTERNS
This pack contains 25 seamless patterns for making paisley backgrounds in Photoshop.
II. READY-TO-USE PAISLEY PATTERNS IN JPEG/PNG
The last set of paisley backgrounds are ready-to-use single paisley patterns you can download for free. Just click on the title of each entry and it will take you to the source page where you have the options to download them in various resolutions, depending on your requirement.
PAISLEY FANATIC
RETRO PAISLEY
PAISLEY CREATURES
BOTTEH LEAVES
RAMPAGING PAISLEY BACKGROUND
COLDER NIGHTS PAISLEY PATTERN
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MITSUDOMOE PAISLEY
COASTAL VERMONT PAISLEY
PAISLEY AND FLOURISHES
PAISLEY HEART
