[Paper] Recycled Textures

Recycled paper textures show the visible fiber flecks, uneven tone, and slightly rough surface that comes from reprocessed pulp — a look brands reach for when they want packaging or print to visually signal sustainability.

License

Free for personal and commercial use. No attribution required. Commercial games, film, and client work are all permitted. No credit, no backlink, no permission request needed. You may not resell or redistribute the texture files themselves as a texture pack.

What's in this collection

  • Recycled cardboard — visible fiber texture with a natural, uneven tone.
  • Aged recycled variants — recycled stock with additional wear and yellowing.
  • Fine-fiber recycled paper — subtler grain for a more refined finish.
  • Natural, undyed tones — ready to tint for any packaging palette.

All tiles are seamless in both directions and delivered at high resolution.

Where Recycled Paper is used

Sustainable packaging. Boxes, mailers, and product inserts marketed as eco-friendly.

Print and stationery. Business cards, notebooks, and letterhead with a natural feel.

Retail branding. Tags, labels, and wrapping paper for eco-conscious product lines.

Editorial design. Backgrounds for sustainability reports and environmental content.

How to use these in Blender

  1. Connect base color and roughness maps to a Principled BSDF.
  2. Use the grayscale map as a bump input to capture the fiber texture.
  3. Keep roughness high for a matte, uncoated paper finish.
  4. Render a close-up test to confirm fiber flecks read clearly.

How to use these in Unreal Engine 5

  1. Build a Material from base color, normal, and roughness maps.
  2. Keep specular low so the surface doesn't read as coated or glossy stock.
  3. Use a Material Instance to adjust tint per packaging asset.
  4. Check the result under soft, diffused lighting typical of product shots.

How to use these in Unity

  1. Assign the maps to a Lit material's albedo, normal, and smoothness slots.
  2. Lower smoothness for a matte, uncoated paper look.
  3. Adjust tiling to match your mesh's UV scale.
  4. Preview under studio-style lighting to confirm the fiber texture reads well.

Tips for Recycled Paper specifically

Keep color slightly desaturated and warm — pure white recycled paper looks inconsistent with the material's natural, unbleached character.

Visible fiber flecks work best at moderate scale; too fine and they disappear, too coarse and the paper looks damaged rather than natural.

Pairing this texture with a stamped or letterpress-style logo reinforces the eco-friendly, handmade impression brands usually want.

Browse the collection

Paper textures are organized into volumes, each containing multiple packs. New volumes are added continuously.

View the full Paper collection →

Related: Fabric, Wood.

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