Start searching for images of visual textures using ONLY the internet sites below.
TEXTURE INTERNET SITES:
Mayang Click on a category of textures to explore
Great Texture Library - from nature to technical...
Imageafter - Scroll down to find different categories of texture images
The Flicker Sites below are a great resource, but remember - some of the images have downloading DISABLED!!
Texture Colr Pickr - Cool site where you choose a color, and the Pickr will bring up some textures in that color range. Click on them to enlarge and save.
Flickr: Color Fields This site has thousands of textures - First, click on "MORE PHOTOS" - then click on the thumbnails to get to the larger image and save