Abstract
Abstract stock photos and backgrounds: textures, patterns, light, colour and reflection. Real photographic backgrounds from independent photographers, royalty-free for web design, presentations and print.
1,652 images
Organic quinoa macaroni pasta elbows, white background (pasta is gluten free)
£6.00A scrubbed clean organic russet potato.
£6.00Pile of organic long grain brown rice, white background
£6.00Organic bananas, in a bunch.
£6.00Organic long grain brown rice, white background
£6.00White tulips in a vase, against a black background
£6.00Block of ice or an ice cube, close up.
£6.00Light shining through glass of filtered water.
£6.00A woman’s head with braided patterned hair and earrings.
£6.00Colorful graffiti paint splattered and dripping on urban wall, close up
£6.00Colorful graffiti paint splattered and dripping on urban wall, close up
£6.00Colorful graffiti paint splattered and dripping on urban wall, close up
£6.00Colorful graffiti paint splattered and dripping on urban wall, close up
£6.00Colorful graffiti paint splattered and dripping on urban wall, close up
£6.00Colorful graffiti paint splattered and dripping on urban wall, close up
£6.00Colorful graffiti paint splattered and dripping on urban wall, close up
£6.00Colorful graffiti paint splattered and dripping on urban wall, close up
£6.00Colorful graffiti paint splattered and dripping on urban wall, close up
£6.00Colorful graffiti paint splattered and dripping on urban wall, close up
£6.00Colorful graffiti paint splattered and dripping on urban wall, close up
£6.00Black and white abstract (inverted) image of lush temperate rainforest, ferns, and…
£6.00Black and white abstract (inverted) image of lush temperate rainforest, ferns, and…
£6.00Black and white abstract (inverted) image of lush temperate rainforest, ferns, and…
£6.00Abstract closeup of inverted image of fast flowing river water, North Fork Snoqualmie…
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About our abstract stock photos
Abstract photography gives designers something no vector gradient can: the depth and irregularity of the real world. This collection is made of textures (stone, wood, fabric, water), patterns found in nature and architecture, light — sunbursts, bokeh, long exposures — and colour studies that work as backgrounds behind type.
They are most often used as website heroes, presentation backgrounds, report covers and social templates, and because they carry no recognisable people or places they come with the fewest usage questions in the whole library. If you are building a brand system, browsing by colour and texture through the keyword links below is a good way to assemble a coherent set.
All images are royalty-free under our Standard licence from 1 credit (£6), delivered in full resolution the moment you check out.