Retro Desktop Wallpaper

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How much does your desktop reveal about you?

Your desktop wallpaper choice can reveal a lot about you. In the few seconds that someone glances over your computer screen they can tell if you are the creative, tech-oriented, funny or artistic type just by looking at your desktop wall. Instead of blowing up a picture of puppies on your computer screen, why not try something more sophisticated?

Through scouring the Internet, I have discovered some amazingly vibrant and beautiful retro desktop wallpapers, that are not only aesthetically pleasing on the eye, but it will leave your co-workers and your bosses thinking you are the creative-smart-techy type.

Vintage Retro Background

Free Wallpaper

To save this image for your desktop you can click on the image to take you back to the original website and click download. Or if you are a PC user, right click on the image and select "Set as wallpaper" or "Set as Desktop Wallpaper" or "Set as Background." If you are a Mac user, you can drag the image onto your desktop with your cursor. Then go to the control panel > appearance > select desktop tab > click place picture > select the image you want and load as your wallpaper by selecting "Set Desktop."

Retro Rainbow Wallpaper

You can click on the image and it will take you to a website that allows you to download this image in a high definition format. Personally, why waste the space on a high definition image? Just drag the image onto your desktop or right click it and set as your background. The original file size is pretty big, 1.2 MB, just fyi.

Retro Victorian Wallpaper

I love this wallpaper, it is a chic merriment of classic Victorian with a retro flare. This can make any desktop look sophisticated with its gothic look look. It reminds me of a steampunk style.

You can click on the image to get this wall paper, the size is 1920 x 1200. For Windows: Right Click the Image Above > A Drop Down Menu will Appear > Select "Set as Wallpaper or Background" > You now have a Retro Wallpaper

For a Mac: Select the Image > Hold the Mouse Button until a Pop Up Appears > Choose "Download Image to Disk" or "Save Image As" > Go to your Control Panel and Remove your old Wallpaper > Select Retro Background from your saved location.

Grungy Retro Wallpaper

This wallpaper literally looks like something out of a seventies' style kitchen. The grungy look gives it texture and brings down the perkiness that yellow can often bring forth.

Bamboo Retro Wallpaper

Zen-fully pleasing, these colorful bamboo stalks mesh together the serenity of plant life with the joy of color.

Funky Wallpaper

Bright neon colors usher in the eighties.

Cityscape Wallpaper

An abstract medley of rustic colors with the background of the city skyline that reminds me of Miami. If you want to save this image to your desktop you will not be able to directly navigate to the original site because the link broken. So if you are using a Mac, drag the image onto your desktop by simply clicking on the image I have provided on this lens, and then go through your preferences and set it as your desktop background. If you are using a PC, right click is image and set it as your background.

Retro Flowers

Well, why not? Sometime feminine, soft, and girly can calm you down in the workplace. If you want to set this wallpaper as your desktop, click on the image and it is take you to a site where you can select the size you want, which is listed below the image. Then simply set the image as your background.

Abstract Funky Wallpaper

Geometric shapes that collide with bright colors.

Calmity Retro Wallpaper

Green is serene and calm.

Flower Power

This image is from deviantart.com, a rich and vibrant online art community. When you click on this image it will navigate you to the deviant art site. On the right hand side you will see a link that says "download." Click on this link if you want to set it as your background or your can drag it to your desktop if you are using a Mac or you can also right click if you are using a PC.

Graphic Print Wallpaper

This image may not be work appropriate, considering the firearm imagery. But it is a contemporary take on a retro image.

Galaxy Retro Wallpaper

Copy and Paste Wallpaper

Retro Weather Wallpaper

Grassy Retro Wallpaper

Retro Profile

Colorful Explosion

Linear Rainbow

Diamond Rainbow

Are you a Retro lover now?

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Jareen

My name is Jareen Imam, and I am a creative writer who sometimes gets complimented on being mildly humorous. Originally from South Florida, I think an... more »

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