Background pattern yellow #1999
 Yellow  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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Decorative divider 188 #2521
 Dark  CC 0

From a drawing in 'Uit de geschiedenis der Heilige Stede te Amsterdam', Yohannes Sterck, 1898.

Source Firkin

Floral Pattern Background 5 #219
 Noise  CC 0

PDP

Source GDJ

Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 8 No Background #549
 Dark  CC 0

Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 8 No Background

Source GDJ

Retro Squares Background@2X #415
 Noise  CC 0

Retro Squares Background

Source GDJ

Diamond pattern 2 (colour 4) #2265
 Red  CC 0

From a tile that 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 0

Prismatic Abstract Line Art Pattern Background

Source GDJ

Polonez Pattern@2X #335
 Gray  CC BY-SA 3.0

A car pattern?! Can it be subtle? I say yes!

Source Radosław Rzepecki

Beige Paper #83
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

This was submitted in a beige color, hence the name. Now it’s a gray paper pattern.

Source Konstantin Ivanov

Seamless Cardboard Texture #1212
 Cardboard  CC BY-SA 3.0

A free background image with a seamless texture of cardboard. This texture of cardboard looks quite realistic, especially when is actually tiled.

Source V. Hartikainen

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

Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!

Source Alex Parker

Soft Circle Scales@2X #114
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Japanese looking fish scale pattern.

Source Ian Soper

Background pattern 265 #2081
 Dark  CC 0

Remixed from a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892. The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

Retro Squares Background #414
 Noise  CC 0

Retro Squares Background

Source GDJ

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