Background pattern 117 #524
Noise CC 0A seamless pattern drawn originally in Paint.net by distorting a slice of background pattern 116 and copying the resulting triangle numerous times.
Source Firkin
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Hexellence@2X #706
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Detailed but still subtle and quite original. Lovely gray shades.
Source Kim Ruddock
Zodiac pattern (black background) #267
Dark CC 0A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I. Version with black background.
Source Firkin
Triangles@2X #744
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Sharp but soft triangles in light shades of gray.
Source Pixeden
Tactile Noise@2X #6
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A heavy dark gray base, some subtle noise and a 45-degree grid makes this look like a pattern with a tactile feel to it.
Source Atle Mo
Noisy@2X #46
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Looks a bit like concrete with subtle specks spread around the pattern.
Source Mladjan Antic
Retina Dust@2X #916
Light CC BY-SA 3.0First pattern tailor-made for Retina, with many more to come. All the old ones are upscaled, in case you want to re-download.
Source Atle Mo
P4@2X #1112
Light CC BY-SA 3.0I skipped number 3, because it wasn’t all that great. Sorry.
Source Dima Shiper
Subtle Grey #955
Light CC BY-SA 3.0The Grid. A digital frontier. I tried to picture clusters of information as they traveled through the computer.
Source Haris Šumić
Seamless Cardboard Texture #1212
Cardboard CC BY-SA 3.0A free background image with a seamless texture of cardboard. This texture of cardboard looks quite realistic, especially when is actually tiled.
Source V. Hartikainen
Subtle Orange Emboss #97
Light CC BY-SA 3.0A hint of orange color, and some crossed and embossed lines.
Source Adam Anlauf
Background pattern 222 #2345
Green CC 0Seamless pattern inspired by a drawing on Pixabay. To get the tile this is formed from, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 211 #2362
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Storia del Palazzo Vecchio in Firenze', Aurelio Gotti, 1889.
Source Firkin
Cartographer@2X #750
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A topographic map like this has actually been requested a few times, so here you go!
Source Sam Feyaerts
Decorative divider 246 #2078
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Rough Concrete Surface #1194
Concrete CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless texture of a rough concrete surface.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 259 (colour 3) #2130
Colorful CC 0Remixed from a design seen on Pixabay. The basic tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 235 (colour 5) #2251
Blue CC 0To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Lined Paper@2X #363
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0The classic notebook paper with horizontal stripes.
Source Are Sundnes
Background pattern 200 #2506
Pink CC 0Inspired by a 1930s wallpaper pattern I saw on TV.
Source Firkin