Background pattern 251 (colour 2) #2166
 Yellow  CC 0

To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

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Retina Wood #923
 Wood  CC BY-SA 3.0

I’m not going to use the word Retina for all the new patterns, but it just felt right for this one. Huge wood pattern for ya’ll.

Source Atle Mo

Diamond pattern 2 (colour 6) #2261
 Colorful  CC 0

From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 306 #1882
 Colorful  CC 0

Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.

Source Firkin

Ancient Pattern #1058
 Stone  CC BY-SA 3.0

A repeating graphic with ancient pattern. I came up with this name/title at last minute, so you may find that there is very little of ancientness in this pattern after all.

Source V. Hartikainen

Retina Dust@2X #916
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

First 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

Ribbon pattern 2 (version 2, colour 4) #2036
 Colorful  CC 0

The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Pinstripe@2X #36
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Light gray pattern with a thin pinstripe.

Source Brandon

Colorful Floral Background No Black@2X #482
 Light  CC 0

Colorful Floral Background No Black

Source GDJ

Retro Circles Background 6 #428
 Noise  CC 0

Retro Circles Background 6

Source GDJ

Background pattern 227 (colour 5) #2310
 Colorful  CC 0

A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.

Source Firkin

Micro Carbon #7
 Carbon  CC BY-SA 3.0

Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.

Source Atle Mo

Subtle Freckles #89
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

This is so subtle: We’re talking 1% opacity. Get your squint on!

Source Atle Mo