Background pattern 8 (black) #209
 Dark  CC 0

Black version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net

Source Firkin

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Seamless tile 4 #1812
 Red  CC 0

Not strictly seamless in that opposite edges are not identical. But they do marry up to make an interesting pattern

Source Firkin

Type@2X #277
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.

Source Atle Mo

Retro Circles Background 5 #424
 Noise  CC 0

Retro Circles Background 5

Source GDJ

Checkered Light Emboss@2X #281
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!

Source Alex Parker

Element of beach pattern with background #254
 Noise  CC 0

Element of beach pattern with background.

Source Rones

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

Background pattern 201 (colour 2) #2496
 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

Darth Stripe@2X #100
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Diagonal lines with a lot of texture to them.

Source Ashton

samekomon-01 #2270
 Yellow  CC 0

The image is a remix of "edo pattern-samekomon".I changed the color of dots from black to white and added BG in light-yellow.

Source Yamachem