Background pattern purple #1998
 Colorful  CC 0

Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

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Textured Red Brown Plastic #878
 Wood  CC BY-SA 3.0

Textured Red Brown Plastic, Free Background Pattern. Although there's already enough plastic in our lives, let's bring it to the web too.)

Source V. Hartikainen

Background pattern 339 (colour 2) #1707
 Green  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

Wood Background Pattern #882
 Wood  CC BY-SA 3.0

A seamless background pattern with a texture of wood planks. This wood background pattern has vertically arranged planks. You may try to rotate it 90°, to see how it will look like when the wood planks are arranged horizontally.

Source V. Hartikainen

Floral design 90 #1815
 Dark  CC 0

From a drawing in 'Hubert Montreuil, or the Huguenot and the Dragoon', Francisca Ouvry, 1873.

Source Firkin

Black Mamba #57
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

The name alone is awesome, but so is this sweet dark pattern.

Source Federica Pelzel

Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 6 No Background #545
 Dark  CC 0

Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 6 No Background

Source GDJ

Background pattern 258 (colour) #2134
 Red  CC 0

Remixed 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

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

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

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2 No Black #455
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2 No Black

Source GDJ

Geometric pattern #2004
 Grid  CC 0

A monochrome pattern from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscaope and using shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

Whitey@2X #110
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

A white version of the very popular linen pattern.

Source Ant Ekşiler

Felt #300
 Wall  CC BY-SA 3.0

Got some felt in my mailbox today, so I scanned it for you to use.

Source Atle Mo

Background pattern 214 (colour 6) #2372
 Colorful  CC 0

A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.

Source Firkin