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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Decorative divider #1962
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'A Life Interest', Mrs Alexander, 1888.
Source Firkin
fence pattern #2487
Grid CC 0The image is the remix of "wire-mesh fence seamless pattern" .This is a more minute version of it.Sorry for the file size.Using path>difference in Inkscape, I will cut out any silhouette from this pattern and create a "meshed silhouette".
Source Yamachem
Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern 2 No Background #412
Light CC 0Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Floral design 87 #1886
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
Source Firkin
Gloomy Stripes #994
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A dark striped seamless pattern suitable for use as a background on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 246 #2186
Red CC 0This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Hoffman #1152
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Did anyone say The Hoff? This pattern is in no way related to Baywatch.
Source Josh Green
Arches #715
Light CC BY-SA 3.0One more in the line of patterns inspired by Japanese/Asian styles. Smooth.
Source Kim Ruddock
Cream Paper #1016
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Submitted in a cream color, but you know how I like it.
Source Devin Holmes
Decorative divider 215 #2242
Dark CC 0Remixed from a raster on Pixabay that was uploaded by ArtsyBee.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II No Background@2X #531
Noise CC 0Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II No Background
Source GDJ
Background pattern 225 (colour 3) #2325
Pink CC 0Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be extracted by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Padded #61
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A beautiful dark padded pattern, like an old classic sofa.
Source Chris Baldie
Gray Floral #755
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0Floral patterns might not be the hottest thing right now, but you never know when you need it!
Source Lauren
Background pattern 214 (colour 5) #2374
Green CC 0A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
Source Firkin
Whitey@2X #110
Light CC BY-SA 3.0A white version of the very popular linen pattern.
Source Ant Ekşiler
"Seamless Bark", Website Background. #879
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0This background pattern contains a seamless texture of bark. It's not very realistic, but I think it looks quite nice.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 8 (colour) #211
Noise CC 0Colour version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
"Beige Stone", Tileable Texture #1025
Stone CC BY-SA 3.0"Beige Stone", Tileable Texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 2 No Background #553
Noise CC 0Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Background pattern 268 #2066
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Kulturgeschichte der Deutschen im Mittelalter' Franz von Loeher, 1891. The unit tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
fishnet seamless pattern #2483
Grid CC 0The image is a seamless pattern of a fishnet.
Source Yamachem