Background pattern 269 #2062
Dark CC 0A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
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Skeletal Weave@2X #932
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Imagine you zoomed in 1000X on some fabric. But then it turned out to be a skeleton!
Source Angelica
Background pattern green #1953
Green CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
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
Prismatic Abstract Line Art Pattern Background #565
Dark CC 0Prismatic Abstract Line Art Pattern Background
Source GDJ
Kaleidoscope Prismatic Abstract No Background@2X #807
Noise CC 0Kaleidoscope Prismatic Abstract No Background
Source GDJ
Egg Shell #861
Light CC BY-SA 3.0It’s an egg, in the form of a pattern. This really is 2012.
Source Paul Phönixweiß
Background pattern 21 #205
Light CC 0A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'rainbow twist' texture in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
Rice Paper 2 #340
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0One can never have too few rice paper patterns, so here is one more.
Source Atle Mo
Geometric pattern #2006
Grid CC 0A monochrome pattern from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscaope and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Seamless Prismatic Pythagorean Line Art Pattern No Background #569
Light CC 0Seamless Prismatic Pythagorean Line Art Pattern No Background. A seamless pattern that includes the original tile (go to Objects / Pattern / Pattern To Objects in Inkscape's menu to extract it).
Source GDJ
Project Papper #119
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Light square grid pattern, great for a “DIY projects” sort of website, maybe?
Source Rafael Almeida
Blue Stripes Pattern #969
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A textured blue background pattern with vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
White Brushed #1183
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Brushed aluminum, in a bright gray version. Lovely 2X as well.
Source Andre Schouten
Old Mathematics #43
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0This one takes you back to math class. Classic mathematic board underlay.
Source Josh Green
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
fence pattern #2487
Grid CC 0The image is the remix of "wire-mesh fence seamless pattern" .This is a more minute version of it.Sorry for the file size.Using path>difference in Inkscape, I will cut out any silhouette from this pattern and create a "meshed silhouette".
Source Yamachem
Old Brown Leather, Seamless Texture #1117
Leather CC BY-SA 3.0This texture looks like old leather. It should look great as a background on web pages.
Source V. Hartikainen
Leafy pattern 12 (colour 2) #1761
Red CC 0From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Strawberry seamless pattern #208
Noise CC 0This is the remix of "Strawberry Pattern Background" uploaded by "GDJ". Thanks. I realigned strawberries so as to get seamless and changed the BG color.
Source Yamachem
Brilliant@2X #754
Light CC BY-SA 3.0This is so subtle you need to bring your magnifier!
Source Carlos Valdez