Background pattern 41 #262
 Fabric  CC 0

A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'light rays' rendering in Paint.net.

Source Firkin

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Background pattern 7 (grey) #206
 Dark  CC 0

Greyscale version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'slinky' plug-in for Paint.net

Source Firkin

Brown Metallic Grid Pattern #1086
 Metal  CC BY-SA 3.0

A brown metallic grid pattern layered on top of a dark fabric texture. It should look great when using as a tiled background on web pages, especially blogs.

Source V. Hartikainen

Dark Blue Gray Wallpaper Texture #901
 Stripes  CC BY-SA 3.0

This seamless background image should look nice on websites. It has a dark blue gray texture with vertical stripes, it tiles seamlessly and, like all of the background images here, it's free. So, if you like it, take it!

Source V. Hartikainen

texture hearts pattern #242
 Noise  CC 0

A red heart background texture.

Source GDJ

Background pattern 19 (black) #203
 Dark  CC 0

A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'rainbow twist' texture in Paint.net.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 315 (colour 3) #1843
 Green  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

Always Grey #53
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Crossing lines with a subtle emboss effect on a dark background.

Source Stefan Aleksić

Exclusive Paper@2X #24
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Paper pattern with small dust particles and 45-degree strokes.

Source Atle Mo

Gun Metal@2X #361
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

With a name this awesome, how can I go wrong?

Source Nikolay Boltachev

Snowflake remix #155
 Dark  CC 0

A bit simplified version. Although it could be edited out to be simpler. Anyway, this time the tiling is converted to a pattern fill -which is using clipping for the tile's edges.

Source Lazur URH

Nami@2X #576
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Not sure if this is related to the Nami you get in Google image search, but hey, it’s nice!

Source Dertig Media

Rocky Wall #41
 Wall  CC BY-SA 3.0

High detail stone wall with minor cracks and specks.

Source Projecteightyfive

White Sand #19
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Same as gray sand but lighter. A sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.

Source Atle Mo

Background pattern 201 #2501
 Grid  CC 0

A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Seamless arrow pattern remix #2528
 Dark  CC 0

Similar to original, but without gaps in between the arrows. This seamless pattern was created from a rectangular tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin