Checkered Light Emboss@2X #281
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!
Source Alex Parker
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Decorative divider #1943
Dark CC 0Inspired by a drawing in 'Poems', James Smith, 1881.
Source Firkin
Green Dust & Scratches@2X #108
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Snap! It’s a pattern, and it’s not grayscale! Of course you can always change the color in Photoshop.
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
Dark & Gray #1299
Stone CC 0ZeroCC tileable stone texture, edited from pixabay. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
French Stucco #697
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Fabric-ish patterns are close to my heart. French Stucco to the rescue.
Source Christopher Buecheler
Tasky #667
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Your eyes can trip a bit from looking at this – use it wisely.
Source Michal Chovanec
Background pattern 260 #2094
Orange CC 0Tile available in Inkscape using shift-alt-i on the selected rectangle
Source Firkin
Background pattern 213 (colour) #2411
Colorful 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. A version of the original with random colors.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Hexagonalism Pattern No Background #391
Light CC 0Prismatic Hexagonalism Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Translucent Fibres@2X #944
Light CC BY-SA 3.0The file was named striped lens, but hey – Translucent Fibres works too.
Source Angelica
Background pattern 272 (colour 3) #2055
Red CC 0A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 339 (colour) #1708
Yellow CC 0The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Brick Wall #1146
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0One more brick pattern. A bit more depth to this one.
Source Benjamin Ward
Decorative divider #1996
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Two Women in the Klondike', Mary Hitchcock, 1899.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Rounded Squares Grid 3 No Background #489
Noise CC 0Prismatic Rounded Squares Grid 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Colourful background 14 (colour 2) #2525
Colorful CC 0An alternative colour scheme for the original background.
Source Firkin
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
Stitched Wool #843
Light CC BY-SA 3.0I love these crisp, tiny, super subtle patterns.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Dark Geometric #619
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Continuing the geometric trend, here is one more.
Source Mike Warner
Dark Leather@2X #130
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0You were craving more leather, so I whipped this up by scanning a leather jacket.
Source Atle Mo