Decorative divider 293 #1752
 Dark  CC 0

From a drawing in 'An Old Maid's Love. A Dutch tale told in English', Maarten Maartens, 1891.

Source Firkin

 More Textures
Black Mamba #57
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

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

Source Federica Pelzel

Colorful Stripes Background #400
 Noise  CC 0

Colorful Stripes Background

Source GDJ

Background pattern 308 (colour 5) #1869
 Blue  CC 0

Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 291 #1931
 Dark  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

Colorful Floral Background No Black@2X #482
 Light  CC 0

Colorful Floral Background No Black

Source GDJ

Spotted Light Yellow BG Pattern #1216
 Yellow  CC BY-SA 3.0

This light yellow background pattern consists of an irregular pattern of spots. Here's a light background pattern with yellowish tint.

Source V. Hartikainen

Zodiac pattern #2407
 Colorful  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

Source Firkin

Little Pluses@2X #74
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Subtle grunge and many little pluses on top.

Source Atle Mo

Background pattern yellow #2025
 Yellow  CC 0

Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857. The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Retina Dust@2X #916
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

First pattern tailor-made for Retina, with many more to come. All the old ones are upscaled, in case you want to re-download.

Source Atle Mo

Handmade Paper #37
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

White handmade paper pattern with small bumps.

Source Marquis

Dark Stripes@2X #40
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Very dark pattern with some noise and 45-degree lines.

Source Stefan Aleksić

Seamless Wood Pattern #889
 Wood  CC BY-SA 3.0

A seamlessly repeating background pattern of wood. The image is procedurally generated, and, I think, it's turned out quite well.

Source V. Hartikainen

Smooth Wall@2X #28
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Some rectangles, a bit of dust and grunge, plus a hint of concrete.

Source Atle Mo