Cardboard@2X #279
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A good starting point for a cardboard pattern. This would work well in a variety of colors.
Source Atle Mo
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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
Background pattern 228 #2308
Colorful CC 0Non-seamless pattern drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Rough Diagonal@2X #692
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0The classic 45-degree diagonal line pattern, done right.
Source Jorick van Hees
Tex2res3@2X #724
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0Number 4 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 7 No Background@2X #548
Noise CC 0Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 7 No Background
Source GDJ
Dark Sharp Edges #1320
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Some dark 45 degree angles creating a nice pattern. Huge.
Source Dark Sharp Edges
Beechwood #1295
Wood CC 0ZeroCC tileable beechwood wood texture, generated in Neo Texture Edit by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Grass #1278
Green CC 0Zero CC tileable grass texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Triangles@2X #744
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Sharp but soft triangles in light shades of gray.
Source Pixeden
Concrete Wall 3@2X #94
Light CC BY-SA 3.0All good things come in threes, so I give you the third in my little concrete wall series.
Source Atle Mo
Wall & Red #1363
Wall CC 0Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Decorative divider 192 #2503
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Worsborough; its historical associations and rural attractions', Joseph Wilkinson, 1879.
Source Firkin
Decking #2585
Wood CC 0A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Dark Leather #129
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0You were craving more leather, so I whipped this up by scanning a leather jacket.
Source Atle Mo
Mocha Grunge@2X #1100
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0You don’t see many mid-tone patterns here, but this one is nice.
Source Joel Klein
Clover with background #237
Paper CC 0Clover with background for St. Patrick's Day. Add to a card with a doily, ribbon, a leprechaun or other embellishments.
Source BAJ
Straws #972
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Super detailed 16×16 tile that forms a beautiful pattern of straws.
Source Pavel
Retina Dust@2X #916
Light CC BY-SA 3.0First pattern tailor-made for Retina, with many more to come. All the old ones are upscaled, in case you want to re-download.
Source Atle Mo
Cream Dust #980
Light CC BY-SA 3.0I love cream! 50x50px and lovely in all the good ways.
Source Thomas Myrman
Grey Washed Wall #1128
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0This is a semi-dark pattern, sort of linen-y.
Source Sagive SEO
honeycomb-regular hexagon #2540
Grid CC 0This is a seamless pattern of regular hexagon which has a honeycomb structure.
Source Yamachem
Rebel #829
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Not the Rebel alliance, but a dark textured pattern.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Decorative divider 238 #2088
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'The Quiver of Love', Walter Crane, 1876
Source Firkin
Subtle Stripes #751
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Vertical lines with a bumpy, yet crisp, feel to it.
Source Raasa
Light Striped Background #937
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A light background pattern with diagonal stripes. Here's a simple light striped background for you.
Source V. Hartikainen
Dark Tile-able Grunge Texture #1123
Grunge CC BY-SA 3.0Dark Tile-able Grunge Texture. I think this texture can be classified as grunge. It's free and seamless, as always.
Source V. Hartikainen