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Small Crosses@2X #116
 Stripes  CC BY-SA 3.0

Sharp pixel pattern looking like some sort of fabric.

Source Dmitry

Background pattern 252 (colour 3) #2160
 Green  CC 0

Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Tessellation 16 (colour 2) #2214
 Colorful  CC 0

The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Noise Pattern With Subtle Cross Lines@2X #180
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

More bright luxury. This is a bit larger than fancy deboss, and with a bit more noise.

Source Viszt Péter

Background pattern 315 (colour 5) #1841
 Yellow  CC 0

The rectangular tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

Seamless Core Pattern 10 #171
 Dark  CC 0

Seamless Core Pattern 10

Source GDJ

Wine Cork #33
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Wine cork texture based off a scanned corkboard.

Source Atle Mo

Prismatic Rounded Squares Grid 4 No Background@2X #492
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Rounded Squares Grid 4 No Background

Source GDJ

"Gold Buttons", Pale Yellow BG Pattern #1215
 Yellow  CC BY-SA 3.0

This yellow background consists of a pattern of glossy gold buttons arranged in polka dot style on a seamless texture. Here's a pale yellow background pattern. Feel free to use it for your needs!

Source V. Hartikainen

Vintage tile background (colour 3) #2246
 Green  CC 0

A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Noise Pattern With Subtle Cross Lines #179
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

More bright luxury. This is a bit larger than fancy deboss, and with a bit more noise.

Source Viszt Péter

Black Linen #63
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

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

Source Atle Mo

Black Mamba@2X #58
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

The name alone is awesome, but so is this sweet dark pattern.

Source Federica Pelzel