Blue is one of the most popular colors, for design, fashion, and even just simply as a favorite color choice. Maybe the reason that blue is so popular is because of the feelings it evokes. Blue is the color of the sky and water; it is associated with relaxation and calmness, stability and intelligence, and even cleanliness. Many American businesses choose blue for their main brand color, perhaps because of its portrayal of trust.

If you need some blue backgrounds or patterns to add to your own projects, you may be able to find just what you need in the collection below. Each would be beautiful for either web design or printed designs like poster or brochure printing. The best part is that many are free for personal use and a few for even commercial use!

The beauty of the water wake left by a ship is captured in this Photoshop pattern. The pack contains two different versions of this pattern.

Seamless underwater bubbles with a deep blue color would make a bold background.

Beautiful light and medium toned blue flowers and butterflies on a soft white background make for a peaceful and pretty seamless pattern.

This pattern of soft puffy light blue clouds on a light blue background could be used for a landscape illustration or for postcards announcing the birth of a boy.

This pattern has medium-sized stripes, alternating a light and a medium toned blue.

Orderly blue dots in several shades of blue on a light background could add some fun to a design.

This pattern has sparkly teal colored diamonds outlined in white on a teal background.

This seamless ornate blue and white tile pattern has a sophisticated feel to it. It would make a pretty background for adding a vintage feel to a design.

This bright blue seamless texture almost looks like a used blue tarp. The subtle texture is great for grunge design.

Clear blue skies with a few wispy clouds and a tiny green landscape along the bottom make this background perfect for when you need wide open spaces for your design.

Blue and white marbled design, this texture would work for a unique touch to any design.

This is a wonderful collection of blue dotted patterns, screentone + scanline in appearance. The pack includes black and white and transparent styles.

This lovely set of 30 stripe patterns is for Photoshop or Gimp. There is plenty of variety for any poster, booklet, or web design.

This set of 30 seamless check patterns all have a hint of grunge.

These free magical textures in blue have a mystical and sparkly design.

A seamless texture with an abstract nebula design in the night sky, this one would be a fun pattern for anything advertising the space industry.