Black Linen@2X #64
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.

Source Atle Mo

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Prismatic Isometric Cube Extra Pattern No Background #405
 Light  CC 0

Prismatic Isometric Cube Extra Pattern No Background

Source GDJ

Vintage pattern #1961
 Grid  CC 0

Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.

Source Firkin

Rice Paper 2 #340
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

One can never have too few rice paper patterns, so here is one more.

Source Atle Mo

Concrete Wall #77
 Wall  CC BY-SA 3.0

Dark blue concrete wall with some small dust spots.

Source Atle Mo

Background pattern 201 (colour 3) #2493
 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

Light Grey Floral Motif #344
 Wall  CC BY-SA 3.0

Lovely light gray floral motif with some subtle shades.

Source GraphicsWall

Dark Denim 3@2X #596
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

This is the third pattern called Dark Denim, but hey, we all love them!

Source Brandon Jacoby

Abstract Ellipses Background #275
 Dark  CC 0

Abstract Ellipses Background

Source GDJ

"Glossy Pink Fur", Pink Background Pattern #1235
 Pink  CC BY-SA 3.0

Here's a quite bright pink background pattern for use on websites. It doesn't look like a real fur, but it definitely resembles one.

Source V. Hartikainen

Background pattern 227 (colour 4) #2311
 Green  CC 0

A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 302 (colour 2) #1893
 Dark  CC 0

The tile this fill pattern is based on can be had by using shift+alt+i on the rectangle.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 105@2X #564
 Dark  CC 0

A seamless pattern formed from background pattern 102

Source Firkin

Orange Striped Background Pattern #909
 Stripes  CC BY-SA 3.0

An orange vertically striped background pattern. Feel free to download and use this orange background pattern, for example, on the web). It resembles a wallpaper with vertical stripes or something similar to it.

Source V. Hartikainen

Background pattern 239 #2217
 Red  CC 0

To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin