Carbon Fiber #3
Carbon CC BY-SA 3.0A dark pattern made out of 3×3 circles and a 1px shadow. This works well as a carbon texture or background.
Source Atle Mo
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Background pattern 251 (colour 3) #2165
Blue CC 0To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Diagonal Striped Brick #679
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
Zig-zag pattern #2418
Grid CC 0A seamless pattern based on a square tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
White Brushed #1183
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Brushed aluminum, in a bright gray version. Lovely 2X as well.
Source Andre Schouten
Decorative divider #1974
Dark CC 0Adapted from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Vichy@2X #72
Light CC BY-SA 3.0This one could be the shirt of a golf player. Angled lines in different thicknesses.
Source Olivier Pineda
Cream Dust #980
Light CC BY-SA 3.0I love cream! 50x50px and lovely in all the good ways.
Source Thomas Myrman
Diamond pattern (colour 8) #2273
Red CC 0From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Wavy background #2023
Pink CC 0CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
Pineapple Cut #583
Diamond CC BY-SA 3.0I love the movie Pineapple Express, and I’m also liking this Pineapple right here.
Source Audee Mirza
Floral design 107 #1713
Dark CC 0Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Darkmoon1968
Source Firkin
Repeating Vintage Paper Background #1077
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A repeating background of beige paper with vintage look. Repeats to infinity, as usual.
Source V. Hartikainen
White Bed Sheet #821
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Nothing like a clean set of bed sheets, huh?
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Congruent Pentagon Outline #1308
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0By popular request, an outline version of the pentagon pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Decorative divider #1996
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Two Women in the Klondike', Mary Hitchcock, 1899.
Source Firkin
Subtle Carbon@2X #950
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0There are many carbon patterns, but this one is tiny.
Source Designova
Triangular@2X #1157
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0Dare I call this a «flat pattern»? Probably not.
Source Dax Kieran
Noisy Net@2X #977
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Little x’es, noise and all the stuff you like. Dark like a Monday, with a hint of blue.
Source Tom McArdle
Background pattern 226 (colour 3) #2318
Colorful CC 0A seamless pattern from a tile made from a jpg on Pixabay. To get the tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Star pattern #2410
Brown CC 0A seamless pattern formed from a rectangular tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
P4 #1111
Light CC BY-SA 3.0I skipped number 3, because it wasn’t all that great. Sorry.
Source Dima Shiper
Decorative divider 253 #2064
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.
Source Firkin
Wave Grind #1132
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Submitted by DomainsInfo – wtf, right? But hey, a free pattern.
Source DomainsInfo
Background pattern 248 #2181
Dark CC 0To get the tile this is made up from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin