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Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2 No Black@2X #456
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Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2 No Black

Source GDJ

Soft Circle Scales #113
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Japanese looking fish scale pattern.

Source Ian Soper

Carbon Fiber #3
 Carbon  CC BY-SA 3.0

A dark pattern made out of 3×3 circles and a 1px shadow. This works well as a carbon texture or background.

Source Atle Mo

Iron Grip@2X #588
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Sounds like something from World of Warcraft. Has to be good.

Source Tony Kinard

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2 #453
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Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2

Source GDJ

Geometric pattern #2005
 Grid  CC 0

A monochrome pattern from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscaope and using shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3 No Black #459
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Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3 No Black

Source GDJ

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

Decorative divider 232 #2148
 Dark  CC 0

From a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 266 #2068
 Dark  CC 0

Remixed from a drawing in 'Some account of the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers', John Nicholl, 1866.

Source Firkin

“Transparent” Background Pattern #493
 Light  CC 0

An emulated “transparent” background pattern, like that of all kinds of computer graphics software.

Source AdamStanislav

MBossed #193
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

Embossed lines and squares with subtle highlights.

Source Alex Parker