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.
1,501 images
High angle view of wooden tables and metal folding chairs casting shadows onto brown…
£6.00Specialist coffee shop. Cups of coffee with patterns in the froth on the top.
£6.00Specialist coffee shop. Coloured coffee cups placed upside down.
£6.00A person flicking through a fabric sample book, looking at colours and patterns.
£6.00A woman flicking through a fabric sample book, looking at colours and patterns.
£6.00High angle view of woman wearing trousers with floral pattern sitting on shag carpet,…
£6.00High angle view of woman wearing trousers with floral pattern sitting on shag carpet,…
£6.00A box of coloured sewing threads on wooden and plastic reels.
£6.00Tailor using chalk and ruler to outline pattern on fabric
£6.00Close up of brick wall with bricks in a variety of colours and textures.
£6.00Close up of brick wall with bricks in a variety of colours and textures.
£6.00Close up of peeling paint on wall
£6.00Close up of grey metallic paint on metal
£6.00Peeling lettering and paint on side of old, abandoned truck
£6.00Peeling lettering and paint on side of old, abandoned truck
£6.00Close up of peeling green paint and rust
£6.00Detail of peeling blue paint and rust
£6.00“Under 000 Gross” painted on side of old truck door
£6.00Detail of rusty metal and peeling paint
£6.00Close up of front grille from abandoned antique truck
£6.00Detail of rusty metal and peeling pant
£6.00Detail of rusty metal and peeling paint
£6.00Detail of rusty metal and peeling pant
£6.00Close up of yellow paint and rusty scratch marks
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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.