Checkered Pattern #322
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Simple gray checkered lines, in light tones.
Source Radosław Rzepecki
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Background pattern 220 #2360
Dark CC 0A seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Derived from a design in 'Storia del Palazzo Vecchio in Firenze', Aurelio Gotti, 1889.
Source Firkin
Floral pattern 15 #1753
Dark CC 0The 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
Little Triangles #687
Light CC BY-SA 3.0The basic shapes never get old. Simple triangle pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Overlapping planks 6 #2570
Wood CC 0A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 260 #2094
Orange CC 0Tile available in Inkscape using shift-alt-i on the selected rectangle
Source Firkin
Floral design 98 (colour) #1781
Green CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Colourful background #2007
Colorful CC 0Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Back Pattern@2X #946
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Pixel by pixel, sharp and clean. Very light pattern with clear lines.
Source M.Ashok
Visual illusion #2586
Grid CC 0The edges of all the red objects line up either vertically or horizontally, but it doesn't appear so. Made from a square tile that can be got by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Multiple Greek key frame #1733
Dark CC 0Inspired by a drawing seen in 'City of Liverpool', James Picton, 1883.
Source Firkin
Ribbon pattern 2 (version 2, colour 4) #2036
Colorful CC 0The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Retro Circles Background 5 No Black@2X #427
Noise CC 0Retro Circles Background 5 No Black
Source GDJ
Retro Intro@2X #894
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0A slightly more textured pattern, medium gray. A bit like a potato sack?
Source Bilal Ketab
Grid Paper Background (Blue Gray) #1162
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0A free grid paper background pattern for using on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Dark Geometric #619
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Continuing the geometric trend, here is one more.
Source Mike Warner
Background pattern 266 #2068
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Some account of the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers', John Nicholl, 1866.
Source Firkin
Floral pattern 18 #1716
Dark CC 0A pattern formed from repeated instances of corner decoration 8. To get the basic tile 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
Shattered@2X #952
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0A large pattern with funky shapes and form. An original. Sort of origami-ish.
Source Luuk van Baars
Lined Paper #1034
Light CC BY-SA 3.0I know there is one here already, but this is sexy!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
Light Honeycomb #59
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Light honeycomb pattern made up of the classic hexagon shape.
Source Federica Pelzel
Egg Shell@2X #862
Light CC BY-SA 3.0It’s an egg, in the form of a pattern. This really is 2012.
Source Paul Phönixweiß
Seamless 3D Isometric Tessellation Pattern 2 #147
Light CC 0A seamless pattern that includes the original tile (go to Objects / Pattern / Pattern To Objects in Inkscape's menu to extract it).
Source GDJ