"Black Stripes", Background Pattern #966
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A light gray fabric pattern with faded vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
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Natural Paper #833
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0You know I’m a sucker for these. Well-crafted paper pattern.
Source Mihaela Hinayon
Flourish 3 #2298
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
White Brushed #1183
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Brushed aluminum, in a bright gray version. Lovely 2X as well.
Source Andre Schouten
"Honeycomb", Orange Background Pattern #1313
Orange CC BY-SA 3.0The following orange background pattern resembles a honeycomb.
Source V. Hartikainen
Elastoplast #282
Light CC BY-SA 3.0A fun-looking elastoplast/band-aid pattern. A hint of orange tone in this one.
Source Josh Green
Black Linen@2X #64
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Isometric Cube Extra Pattern No Background #405
Light CC 0Prismatic Isometric Cube Extra Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Background pattern 254 #2144
Dark CC 0To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Light Wool #695
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Submitted as a black pattern, I made it light and a few steps more subtle.
Source Andy
Gray Textile Background #1168
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0A gray background pattern with a texture of textile. Suits perfectly for web design.
Source V. Hartikainen
Ancient Pattern #1058
Stone CC BY-SA 3.0A repeating graphic with ancient pattern. I came up with this name/title at last minute, so you may find that there is very little of ancientness in this pattern after all.
Source V. Hartikainen
Bright Squares #87
Light CC BY-SA 3.0It’s okay to be square! A nice light gray pattern with random squares.
Source Waseem Dahman
Background pattern 334 (colour) #1730
Red CC 0Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Kaz
Source Firkin
Background pattern 202 #2491
Brown CC 0Based on several public domain drawings on Wikimedia Commons. This was formed from a rectangular tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Rocky Wall #41
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0High detail stone wall with minor cracks and specks.
Source Projecteightyfive
Visual illusion #2586
Grid CC 0The edges of all the red objects line up either vertically or horizontally, but it doesn't appear so. Made from a square tile that can be got by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Billie Holiday #1002
Light CC BY-SA 3.0No relation to the band, but damn it’s subtle!
Source Thomas Myrman
Background pattern green #1953
Green CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Abstract Stars Geometric Pattern Prismatic No Background #384
Noise CC 0Abstract Stars Geometric Pattern Prismatic No Background
Source GDJ
Prismatic Hypnotic Pattern No Background #571
Noise CC 0Prismatic Hypnotic Pattern No Background
Source GDJ