Bamboo Background Pattern #1330
Green CC BY-SA 3.0This background pattern looks like bamboo to me. Feel free to download it for your website (for your blog perhaps?).
Source V. Hartikainen
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Decorative divider 186 #2560
Green CC 0From a drawing in 'Artists and Arabs', Henry Blackburn, 1868
Source Firkin
Classy Fabric #611
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0This is lovely, just the right amount of subtle noise, lines and textures.
Source Richard Tabor
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background 2 No Black #410
Noise CC 0Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
Glossy Diagonal Stripes, Background Pattern #908
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0The following free background pattern has glossy diagonal stripes as a texture to it, and it's colored in a light blue gray color. This background pattern is suitable for using in web design or any other graphic design projects. This applies to all background patterns here.
Source V. Hartikainen
Diagmonds@2X #337
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Love the style on this one, very fresh. Diagonal diamond pattern. Get it?
Source INS
Polonez Pattern #334
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0A car pattern?! Can it be subtle? I say yes!
Source Radosław Rzepecki
Prismatic Chevrons Pattern 5 With Background #469
Dark CC 0Prismatic Chevrons Pattern 5 With Background
Source GDJ
Ribbon pattern 2 (version 2, colour 5) #2035
Colorful CC 0The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Background pattern blue #1955
Blue CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Nistri@2X #774
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0No idea what Nistri means, but it’s a crisp little pattern nonetheless.
Source Markus Reiter
Paper 1@2X #16
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A slightly grainy paper pattern with small horizontal and vertical strokes.
Source Atle Mo
Leafy pattern 12 (colour) #1762
Red CC 0From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Colorful Floral Background 3 No Black #485
Light CC 0Colorful Floral Background 3 No Black
Source GDJ
Floral pattern 7 (colour 4) #2288
Green CC 0Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Clean gray paper@2X #860
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0On a large canvas you can see it tiling, but used on smaller areas, it’s beautiful.
Source Paul Phönixweiß
Always Grey #53
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Crossing lines with a subtle emboss effect on a dark background.
Source Stefan Aleksić
Floral pattern 6 (colour 5) #2457
Fabric CC 0Alternative colour scheme for the original floral pattern.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II 2 No Background@2X #533
Noise CC 0Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Tex2res4 #717
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Number 1 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
Tiny Grid #891
Light CC BY-SA 3.0You know, tiny and sharp. I’m sure you’ll find a use for it.
Source Atle Mo
Background pattern 234 (colour 3) #2257
Blue CC 0Drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 229 #2151
Dark CC 0From a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.
Source Firkin
Subtle Carbon@2X #950
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0There are many carbon patterns, but this one is tiny.
Source Designova