From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 5 No Black
Source GDJ
It’s a hole, in a pattern. On your website. Dig it!
Source Josh Green
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Your eyes can trip a bit from looking at this – use it wisely.
Source Michal Chovanec
Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a tile made from ornament 22. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A seamless background pattern with impressed gray dots.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Osckar
Source Firkin
As simple and subtle as it gets. But sometimes that’s just what you want.
Source Designova
Detailed but still subtle and quite original. Lovely gray shades.
Source Kim Ruddock
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Simple combination of stripy squares with their negatively coloured counterparts
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a sports car on clker.com. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
An alternative colour scheme to the original seamless pattern.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Same as the black version, but now in shades of gray. Very subtle and fine grained.
Source Atle Mo
The tile can be had by using shift+alt+i on the selected rectangle in Inkscape
Source Firkin
Here's a dark background pattern that contains a steel grid pattern as a texture. Use it as a website background or for other purposes. It's free!
Source V. Hartikainen