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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Spiral pattern 3 #1934
 Dark  CC 0

From a drawing in 'Danmarks Riges Historie af J. Steenstrup, Kr. Erslev, A. Heise, V. Mollerup, J. A. Fridericia, E. Holm, A. D. Jørgensen', 1897.

Source Firkin

Abstract Stars Geometric Pattern Prismatic No Background #384
 Noise  CC 0

Abstract Stars Geometric Pattern Prismatic No Background

Source GDJ

Rice Paper@2X #339
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

Scanned some rice paper and tiled it up for you. Enjoy.

Source Atle Mo

Background pattern black #2026
 Dark  CC 0

Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857. The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Fabric pattern 3 (colour 2) #2386
 Fabric  CC 0

Alternative colour scheme. Not a pattern for fabrics, but one produced from a jpg of a stack of fabric items that was posted on Pixabay. The tile that this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 328 (colour 4) #1798
 Green  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

Background pattern 9 (colour) #214
 Noise  CC 0

Colour version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net

Source Firkin

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background@2X #450
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background

Source GDJ

Triangles@2X #128
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Dark and hard, just the way we like it. Embossed triangles makes a nice pattern.

Source Ivan Ginev

Background2@2X #477
 Wall  CC 0

rug texture background

Source Jilllio

My Little Plaid@2X #333
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Repeating squares overlapping.

Source Pete Fecteau

Colorful Floral Background #479
 Noise  CC 0

Colorful Floral Background

Source GDJ