Cartographer #749
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A topographic map like this has actually been requested a few times, so here you go!
Source Sam Feyaerts
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Metal Background Pattern With Rivets #1085
Metal CC BY-SA 3.0This metal background pattern resembles a metal plate with rivets. Solid rivets on a metal plate.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Abstract Line Art Pattern Background 2 #567
Dark CC 0Prismatic Abstract Line Art Pattern Background 2
Source GDJ
Noise Lines@2X #898
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Lovely pattern with some good-looking non-random noise lines.
Source Zucx
Dark Tire #703
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Dark, crisp and subtle. Tiny black lines on top of some noise.
Source Wilmotte Bastien
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
Leafy design 18 (colour)@2XaFloral design 96 (colour) #1787
Green CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
"Pink Bump Dots", Background Tile #1234
Pink CC BY-SA 3.0A free background tile with a pattern of pink bump dots. This background tile is sweet! Moreover, it's designed for use as website backgrounds.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern No Background@2X #537
Diamond CC 0Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Fabric 1 #9
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Semi-light fabric pattern made out of random pixels in shades of gray.
Source Atle Mo
Background pattern 264 #2071
Orange CC 0The tile for this is based on a repeating unit close to a design on Pixabay. It can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider #1943
Dark CC 0Inspired by a drawing in 'Poems', James Smith, 1881.
Source Firkin
Floral divider 6 #1748
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
samekomon-01 #2270
Yellow CC 0The image is a remix of "edo pattern-samekomon".I changed the color of dots from black to white and added BG in light-yellow.
Source Yamachem
Background pattern 203 (colour 2) #2485
Green CC 0A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
flower seamless pattern-remix #2445
Fabric CC 0This is a remix of "flower seamless pattern".I rotated the original image by 90 degrees.This is a seamless pattern of flowers.These horizontal wavy lines are one of Edo patterns which is called "tatewaku or tachiwaku or 立湧" that represents uprising steam or vapor.
Source Yamachem
Spotty Pink Background (Seamless) #1236
Pink CC BY-SA 3.0A free seamless background with pink spots.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 224 (colour 2) #2341
Colorful CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 283 (version 2) #1855
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
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
Decorative divider 233 #2145
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Hyde Park from Domesday-Book to date', John Ashton, 1896.
Source Firkin
Dark Geometric #619
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Continuing the geometric trend, here is one more.
Source Mike Warner
Axiom Pattern@2X #331
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Not even 1kb, but very stylish. Gray thin lines.
Source Struck Axiom