Checkered Light Emboss #280
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!

Source Alex Parker

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Zig Zag@2X #329
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

So tiny, just 7 by 7 pixels – but still so sexy. Ah yes.

Source Dmitriy Prodchenko

Checkered Light Emboss@2X #281
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!

Source Alex Parker

Diamond pattern (colour 4) #2282
 Blue  CC 0

From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Gun Metal@2X #361
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

With a name this awesome, how can I go wrong?

Source Nikolay Boltachev

Floral design 90 #1815
 Dark  CC 0

From a drawing in 'Hubert Montreuil, or the Huguenot and the Dragoon', Francisca Ouvry, 1873.

Source Firkin

Carbon Fiber #3
 Carbon  CC BY-SA 3.0

A dark pattern made out of 3×3 circles and a 1px shadow. This works well as a carbon texture or background.

Source Atle Mo

Background pattern 251 (colour 2) #2166
 Yellow  CC 0

To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 213 (colour) #2411
 Colorful  CC 0

A 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

Background pattern 19 (black) #203
 Dark  CC 0

A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'rainbow twist' texture in Paint.net.

Source Firkin