Clean gray paper@2X #860
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0On a large canvas you can see it tiling, but used on smaller areas, it’s beautiful.
Source Paul Phönixweiß
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Background pattern 231 #2301
Dark CC 0A seamless pattern based on a tile that can be achieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 289 (colour 2) #1936
Red CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Triangular Background Design Mark II 5@2X #788
Dark CC 0Prismatic Triangular Background Design Mark II 5
Source GDJ
Background pattern 4 #223
Noise CC 0A pattern derived from repeating unit cells each derived from part of a mosaic in paint.net. The starting point for the mosaic was a picture of some prawns!
Source Firkin
Leafy pattern 12 (colour 2) #1761
Red CC 0From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Stripy checkerboard pattern 2 #1767
Dark CC 0Simple combination of stripy squares with their negatively coloured counterparts
Source Firkin
Fence 6 #2575
Wood CC 0A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Carpet seamless texture 3 #2553
Wall CC 0From an image on opengameart.org shared by rubberduck.
Source Firkin
Floral background 20 #1813
Red CC 0Derived from a drawing in 'Elfrica. An historical romance of the twelfth century', Charlotte Boger, 1885
Source Firkin
Floral design 70 #2520
Dark CC 0Traced from a drawing in 'Household Stories from the Collection of the Brothers Grimm', Wilhelm Carl Grimm , 1882.
Source Firkin
Zig-zag pattern #2418
Grid CC 0A seamless pattern based on a square tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Rice Paper 2 #340
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0One can never have too few rice paper patterns, so here is one more.
Source Atle Mo
Background pattern 224 (colour 2) #2341
Colorful CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Old Mathematics #43
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0This one takes you back to math class. Classic mathematic board underlay.
Source Josh Green
polka dot seamless pattern #2531
Light CC 0The image depicts polka dot seamless pattern.
Source Yamachem
Striped Fabric Pattern #998
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A light gray background pattern with seamless fabric-like texture and almost unnoticeable stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
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
Subtle White Feathers@2X #1104
Light CC BY-SA 3.0This one is amazing, truly original. Go use it!
Source Viahorizon