Background pattern 266 #2068
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Some account of the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers', John Nicholl, 1866.
Source Firkin
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Black Linen@2X #64
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
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
Background pattern 228 #2308
Colorful CC 0Non-seamless pattern drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Floral divider 4 #1750
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
Textured Paper Background (Vanilla Yellow) #1219
Yellow CC BY-SA 3.0Here's a new paper-like background for free use on personal and commercial projects (this applies to all background patterns here).
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 224 (colour 2) #2341
Colorful CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Floral design 107 #1713
Dark CC 0Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Darkmoon1968
Source Firkin
Light Paper Fibers@2X #836
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0More in the paper realm, this time with fibers.
Source Jorge Fuentes
Background pattern 314 #1839
Yellow CC 0The square tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Light Aluminum@2X #305
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Used correctly, this could be nice. Used in a bad way, all hell will break loose.
Source Atle Mo
Vintage Speckles #653
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Lovely pattern with splattered vintage speckles.
Source David Pomfret
MBossed@2X #194
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Embossed lines and squares with subtle highlights.
Source Alex Parker
Background pattern 258 #2135
Dark CC 0Remixed from a design on Pixabay. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Wall #1241
Stone CC 0Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Fruit pattern 4 #2453
Pink CC 0A chequerboard pattern with a fruit theme. The fruits are from a posting by inkscapeforum.it.
Source Firkin
Pink Clouds Background #1230
Pink CC BY-SA 3.0Actually, there's no clouds in it, but I think it looks quite nice.
Source V. Hartikainen
Brick Wall@ #1275
Wall CC 0Zero CC tileable brick texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Fabric pattern (colour 4) #2399
Fabric CC 0Alternative colour scheme. Not a pattern for fabrics, but one produced from a jpg of a stack of fabric items that was posted on Pixabay. The tile that this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Beige Paper@2X #84
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0This was submitted in a beige color, hence the name. Now it’s a gray paper pattern.
Source Konstantin Ivanov
Background pattern 234 (colour 2) #2258
Green CC 0Drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Diamond Eyes@2X #686
Diamond CC BY-SA 3.0Everyone loves a diamond, right? Make your site sparkle.
Source AJ Troxell
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background No Black #408
Noise CC 0Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background No Black
Source GDJ
Page ornament #1989
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
Black Linen #63
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo