Checkered Light Emboss #280
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!
Source Alex Parker
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Redox 02@2X #852
Light CC BY-SA 3.0After 1 comes 2, same but different. You get the idea.
Source Hendrik Lammers
White Paperboard #374
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0Could be paper, could be a Polaroid frame – up to you!
Source Chaos
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
Shine Caro #713
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0It’s like Shine Dotted’s sister, only rotated 45 degrees.
Source mediumidee
Leafy pattern 12 #1764
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 272 #2057
Brown 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
Abstract Geometric Monochrome Pattern Prismatic No Background@2X #809
Noise CC 0Abstract Geometric Monochrome Pattern Prismatic No Background
Source GDJ
Silver Scales #189
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Turn your site into a dragon with this great scale pattern.
Source Alex Parker
Glassy Orange Pattern #1315
Orange CC BY-SA 3.0This pattern comes in orange, and it looks as if it is "made of glass".
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 2 No Background@2X #554
Noise CC 0Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Square ornament 37 (colour) #2176
Colorful CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Paul's Sister', Frances Peard, 1889.
Source Firkin
HIXS Evolution #609
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Heavy depth and shadows here, but might work well on some mobile apps.
Source Damian Rivas
Small Crackle Bright@2X #353
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Light gray pattern with an almost wall tile-like appearance.
Source Markus Tinner
Fabric pattern 2 (colour 5) #2392
Fabric CC 0Not 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
Stacked Circles #673
Light CC BY-SA 3.0A simple circle. That’s all it takes. This one is even transparent, for those who like that.
Source Saqib
Star pattern 2 #1898
Dark CC 0To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Colourful background #2010
Colorful CC 0Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Background pattern 303 #1888
Unknow CC 0Heavily remixed from a drawing that was uploaded to Pixabay by ractapopulous
Source Firkin
Background pattern 333 #1741
Noise CC 0The tile this is formed from can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Vintage pattern 2 #2295
Yellow CC 0Inspired by a pattern seen on a public domain image of a very old tile. To get the unit cell, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 314 #1839
Yellow CC 0The square tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Vichy@2X #72
Light CC BY-SA 3.0This one could be the shirt of a golf player. Angled lines in different thicknesses.
Source Olivier Pineda