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Textured Red Brown Plastic #878
 Wood  CC BY-SA 3.0

Textured Red Brown Plastic, Free Background Pattern. Although there's already enough plastic in our lives, let's bring it to the web too.)

Source V. Hartikainen

Diamond pattern (colour 2) #2284
 Green  CC 0

From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Handmade Paper #37
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

White handmade paper pattern with small bumps.

Source Marquis

Background pattern 274 #2041
 Dark  CC 0

Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.

Source Firkin

Prismatic Isometric Cube Extra Pattern No Background #405
 Light  CC 0

Prismatic Isometric Cube Extra Pattern No Background

Source GDJ

Black Linen@2X #64
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.

Source Atle Mo

Floral Seamless Pattern Background #261
 Fabric  CC 0

PDP

Source GDJ

Prismatic Floral Pattern 3 Variation 3 No Background #386
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Floral Pattern 3 Variation 3 No Background

Source GDJ

Background pattern 214 (colour 4) #2373
 Yellow  CC 0

A 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

Abstract Geometric Monochrome Pattern Prismatic No Background #385
 Noise  CC 0

Abstract Geometric Monochrome Pattern Prismatic No Background

Source GDJ

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

Subtle Freckles@2X #90
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

This is so subtle: We’re talking 1% opacity. Get your squint on!

Source Atle Mo

Dark Circles #306
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

People seem to enjoy dark patterns, so here is one with some circles.

Source Atle Mo

blue wave-seigaiha #2535
 Blue  CC 0

The image depicts the Japanese Edo pattern called "seigaiha" or "青海波" meaning "blue -sea- wave".I hope it's suitable for the summer season.

Source Yamachem

Background pattern 66@2X #478
 Wall  CC 0

A background pattern drawn in Inkscape.

Source Firkin

Geometric pattern #2005
 Grid  CC 0

A monochrome pattern from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscaope and using shift+alt+i

Source Firkin