Brushed Alum #67
Light CC BY-SA 3.0A light brushed aluminum pattern for your pleasure.
Source Tim Ward
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Background pattern 26 (black) #199
Dark CC 0Pattern formed from simple shapes. Black version.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 214 (colour 5) #2374
Green CC 0A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
Source Firkin
Background pattern green #1944
Green CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Feathered #1324
Unknow CC BY-SA 3.0This is sort of fresh, but still feels a bit old school.
Source Martuchox
paper filer pack 2 #140
Noise CC 0A set of paper filters. The base texture is generated the same way, only the compositing mode is varied.
Source Lazur URH
Circular frame 25 #1712
Dark CC 0Derived from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by nutkitten
Source Firkin
Retina Wood@2X #924
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0I’m not going to use the word Retina for all the new patterns, but it just felt right for this one. Huge wood pattern for ya’ll.
Source Atle Mo
Background pattern 8 (colour) #211
Noise CC 0Colour version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
Vintage pattern 2 #2295
Yellow CC 0Inspired by a pattern seen on a public domain image of a very old tile. To get the unit cell, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Lined Paper #1034
Light CC BY-SA 3.0I know there is one here already, but this is sexy!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
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
Low Contrast Linen #863
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A smooth mid-tone gray, or low contrast if you will, linen pattern.
Source Jordan Pittman
Tex2res5@2X #726
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0Number 5 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4@2X #462
Noise CC 0Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4
Source GDJ
Stacked Circles@2X #674
Light CC BY-SA 3.0A simple circle. That’s all it takes. This one is even transparent, for those who like that.
Source Saqib
Background pattern 277 (colour) #2031
Orange CC 0A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
Geometric pattern #2005
Grid CC 0A monochrome pattern from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscaope and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Repeating Web Background (Dark Brown) #1079
Metal CC BY-SA 3.0This one has rusty dark brown texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
Vichy #71
Light CC BY-SA 3.0This one could be the shirt of a golf player. Angled lines in different thicknesses.
Source Olivier Pineda
Old Mathematics #43
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0This one takes you back to math class. Classic mathematic board underlay.
Source Josh Green
Decorative divider 284 #1848
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin