"Dark Metal Plate", Web Background #1084
Metal CC BY-SA 3.0A dark metal plate with an embossed grid pattern and a bit of rust. Here's a dark metal plate texture for use as a tiled background on web pages.
Source V. Hartikainen
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Light Striped Background #937
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A light background pattern with diagonal stripes. Here's a simple light striped background for you.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 336 #1721
Pink CC 0Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
Black Linen@2X #64
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Cream Dust@2X #981
Light CC BY-SA 3.0I love cream! 50x50px and lovely in all the good ways.
Source Thomas Myrman
Background pattern 264 #2071
Orange CC 0The tile for this is based on a repeating unit close to a design on Pixabay. It can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Dark Denim 3@2X #596
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0This is the third pattern called Dark Denim, but hey, we all love them!
Source Brandon Jacoby
Abstract Tiled Background Extended 12 #523
Noise CC 0Abstract Tiled Background Extended 12
Source GDJ
Background pattern 195 #2587
Grid CC 0Inspired by a pattern I saw in a 19th century book. This seamless pattern was created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the pattern in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Fabric pattern (colour 6) #2397
Fabric CC 0Alternative colour scheme. Not a pattern for fabrics, but one produced from a jpg of a stack of fabric items that was posted on Pixabay. The tile that this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Cross pattern #2333
Dark CC 0A seamless pattern formed from cross 4. To get the original tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
White Brushed@2X #1184
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Brushed aluminum, in a bright gray version. Lovely 2X as well.
Source Andre Schouten
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2 No Black@2X #456
Noise CC 0Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
Vintage pattern #2296
Brown CC 0Inspired by a pattern seen on a public domain image of a very old tile. To get the unit cell, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Old Cardboard, Background Texture #1213
Cardboard CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless background texture of old cardboard.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 198 #2510
Yellow CC 0A version without colours blended together to give a different look.
Source Firkin
Lichen #1293
Stone CC 0Zero CC tileable moss or lichen covered stone texture, edited from pixabay. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
"Light Green Wall", Repeatable Texture #1190
Concrete CC BY-SA 3.0Here's a repeatable texture that resembles a light green concrete wall or something similar.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 339 (colour) #1708
Yellow CC 0The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Floral design 98 (colour) #1781
Green CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 9 (colour) #214
Noise CC 0Colour version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin