Background pattern 195 #2587
 Grid  CC 0

Inspired by a pattern I saw in a 19th century book. This seamless pattern was created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the pattern in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

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Transparent Square Tiles #298
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

The first pattern on here using opacity. Try it on a site with a colored background, or even using mixed colors.

Source Nathan Spady

Carbon Fiber Big@2X #327
 Carbon  CC BY-SA 3.0

Bigger is better, right? So here you have some large carbon fiber.

Source Factorio.us Collective

Stucco #294
 Wall  CC BY-SA 3.0

A nice and simple gray stucco material. Great on its own, or as a base for a new pattern.

Source Bartosz Kaszubowski

Colourful background #2009
 Colorful  CC 0

Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic

Source Firkin

Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 4 No Background #557
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 4 No Background

Source GDJ

Light Aluminum #304
 Wall  CC BY-SA 3.0

Used correctly, this could be nice. Used in a bad way, all hell will break loose.

Source Atle Mo

Diamonds Are Forever #183
 Diamond  CC BY-SA 3.0

Sharp diamond pattern. A small 24x18px tile.

Source Tom Neal

Decorative divider 289 #1819
 Dark  CC 0

From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.

Source Firkin

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3 #457
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3

Source GDJ

Tactile Noise #5
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

A 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