Abstract Ellipses Background #275
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Abstract Ellipses Background

Source GDJ

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Checkered Light Emboss #280
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!

Source Alex Parker

Background pattern 251 #2167
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To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Visual illusion #2586
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The edges of all the red objects line up either vertically or horizontally, but it doesn't appear so. Made from a square tile that can be got by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Floral pattern 7 (colour 4) #2288
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Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Decorative divider 254 #2040
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Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857

Source Firkin

Light Grey Floral Motif@2X #345
 Wall  CC BY-SA 3.0

Lovely light gray floral motif with some subtle shades.

Source GraphicsWall

Black Linen #63
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.

Source Atle Mo

White Sand #19
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Same as gray sand but lighter. A sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.

Source Atle Mo

Decorative divider 189 #2518
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From a drawing in 'Uit de geschiedenis der Heilige Stede te Amsterdam', Yohannes Sterck, 1898.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 19 (outline) #204
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A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'rainbow twist' texture in Paint.net.

Source Firkin

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4@2X #462
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Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4

Source GDJ

Decorative divider 283 (version 2) #1855
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Remixed from a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.

Source Firkin

meshed silhouette-omnibus #2484
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The image depicts meshed silhouettes of various things.The original image is an OCAL clipart called "Enter FOSSASIA 2016 #IoT T-shirt Design Contest" uploaded by "openclipart".Thanks.

Source Yamachem

Colourful bricks pattern (no background) #265
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Original minus the background

Source Firkin

Glass block pattern #2477
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Produced using the clouds, flames and glass blocks plug-ins in Paint.net and the resulting .PNG vectorised with Vector Magic.

Source Firkin

"Polished Stone", Gray Background Pattern #1053
 Stone  CC BY-SA 3.0

A seamless gray background texture suitable for use on websites. To me, it has the look of stone. Feel free to modify it to meet your needs (by making it a bit lighter or darker, for example).

Source V. Hartikainen