Decorative divider 221 #2224
 Dark  CC 0

Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.

Source Firkin

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Groovepaper@2X #578
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

With a name like this, it has to be hot. Diagonal lines in light shades.

Source Isaac

Background pattern 339 (colour 2) #1707
 Green  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern No Background #536
 Diamond  CC 0

Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern No Background

Source GDJ

Background pattern 4 #223
 Noise  CC 0

A 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

Prismatic Chevrons Pattern 5 With Background #469
 Dark  CC 0

Prismatic Chevrons Pattern 5 With Background

Source GDJ

Background pattern 8 (greyscale) #210
 Dark  CC 0

Greyscale version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net

Source Firkin

Repeating Website Background (Blue Gray) #1192
 Concrete  CC BY-SA 3.0

The following repeating website background is colored in a blue gray color and resembles a concrete wall or something similar to it.

Source V. Hartikainen

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

paper filer pack 2 #140
 Noise  CC 0

A set of paper filters. The base texture is generated the same way, only the compositing mode is varied.

Source Lazur URH

Background pattern 202 #2491
 Brown  CC 0

Based on several public domain drawings on Wikimedia Commons. This was formed from a rectangular tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Noisy #45
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

Looks a bit like concrete with subtle specks spread around the pattern.

Source Mladjan Antic

Seamless Core Pattern 6 #170
 Dark  CC 0

Seamless Core Pattern 6

Source GDJ

Gun Metal #360
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

With a name this awesome, how can I go wrong?

Source Nikolay Boltachev