Brilliant@2X #754
Light CC BY-SA 3.0This is so subtle you need to bring your magnifier!
Source Carlos Valdez
More Textures
Background pattern 339 #1709
Dark CC 0The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Geometric pattern #2002
Dark CC 0A monochrome pattern from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscaope and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Dark Embroidery #1340
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A classic dark tile for a bit of vintage darkness.
Source Listvetra
Background pattern 245 #2192
Green CC 0This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2 No Black@2X #456
Noise CC 0Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
Cincinnati tablet 2 #2146
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Prehistoric Man: researches into the origin of civilisation in the old and the new world', Daniel Wilson, 1876.
Source Firkin
Flowery pattern 4 #2328
Colorful CC 0Remixed from a vector adapted from a jpg on Pixabay. The tile this is constructed from can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Brick Wall@ #1275
Wall CC 0Zero CC tileable brick texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Interlocking pattern 3 (colour 2) #2405
Grid CC 0A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I.
Source Firkin
Fence 3 #2578
Wood CC 0A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Black Linen #63
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Floral design 98 #1783
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Subtle Freckles@2X #90
Light CC BY-SA 3.0This is so subtle: We’re talking 1% opacity. Get your squint on!
Source Atle Mo
Flourish pattern (colour) #1737
Yellow CC 0Remixed from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Pixeline
Source Firkin
Floral design #1985
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Floral Pattern 3 Variation 3 No Background #386
Noise CC 0Prismatic Floral Pattern 3 Variation 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Part of Bayeux Tapestry 1 #2452
Noise CC 0From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
Wide Rectangles@2X #700
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Simple wide squares with a small indent. Fits all.
Source Petr Šulc.
Micro Carbon #7
Carbon CC BY-SA 3.0Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo
Hoffman@2X #1153
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Did anyone say The Hoff? This pattern is in no way related to Baywatch.
Source Josh Green