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Whitey #109
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

A white version of the very popular linen pattern.

Source Ant Ekşiler

Vintage tile background (colour 2) #2247
 Pink  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

Starting Diamond Shape@2X #138
 Light  CC 0

Simple blue and line to mix.

Source SliverKnight

Background pattern 224 (colour 6) #2337
 Colorful  CC 0

To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Prismatic Abstract Background Design #403
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Abstract Background Design

Source GDJ

White Texture #131
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.

Source Dmitry

Felt #300
 Wall  CC BY-SA 3.0

Got some felt in my mailbox today, so I scanned it for you to use.

Source Atle Mo

Bright Multicolored Floral Background@2X #560
 Noise  CC 0

Bright Multicolored Floral Background by Karen Arnold from PDP.

Source GDJ

Rubber Grip@2X #102
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

A very slick dark rubber grip pattern, sort of like the grip on a camera.

Source Sinisha

Dark Brown Wood Background (Tile-able) #886
 Wood  CC BY-SA 3.0

Tile-able Dark Brown Wood Background. Feel free to use it as a background image in your designs or somewhere on the web. By the way, the color seems to be close to Coffee Brown.

Source V. Hartikainen

Background pattern 266 #2068
 Dark  CC 0

Remixed from a drawing in 'Some account of the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers', John Nicholl, 1866.

Source Firkin

Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern No Background@2X #552
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern No Background

Source GDJ

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 5 No Black@2X #468
 Dark  CC 0

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 5 No Black

Source GDJ

Seamless Core Pattern 6 #170
 Dark  CC 0

Seamless Core Pattern 6

Source GDJ

Zodiac pattern (black background) #267
 Dark  CC 0

A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I. Version with black background.

Source Firkin