Diagonal Striped Brick@2X #680
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
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Background pattern 328 #1801
Yellow CC 0To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 242 #2083
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background@2X #450
Noise CC 0Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background
Source GDJ
Background pattern 320 #1830
Pink CC 0Formed by distorting a JPG from PublicDomainPictures
Source Firkin
Stressed Linen #986
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0We have some linen patterns here, but none that are stressed. Until now.
Source Jordan Pittman
Eight Horns #1325
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Looks like an old rug or a computer chip.
Source Patutin Sergey
Light Aluminum #304
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Used correctly, this could be nice. Used in a bad way, all hell will break loose.
Source Atle Mo
Background pattern 261 #2076
Dark CC 0Inspired by a pattern found in 'A General History of Hampshire, or the County of Southampton, including the Isle of Wight', Bernard Woodwood, 1861
Source Firkin
Micro Carbon #7
Carbon CC BY-SA 3.0Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo
Background pattern 306 (colour 5) #1879
Colorful CC 0Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Textured Paper Background (Vanilla Yellow) #1219
Yellow CC BY-SA 3.0Here's a new paper-like background for free use on personal and commercial projects (this applies to all background patterns here).
Source V. Hartikainen
Dark Dot #647
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0That’s what it is, a dark dot. Or sort of carbon looking.
Source Tsvetelin Nikolov
Background pattern 198 (variant 2) #2509
Yellow CC 0A version without colours blended together to give a different look.
Source Firkin
five yen-seamless pattern #2511
Unknow CC 0This is the remix of "blue wave-seigaiha".The image depicts a seamless pattern of the front upper part of Japanese five yen coin which is used currently.This design represents a rice with ripe golden ears.
Source Yamachem
Decorative divider 226 #2178
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Paul's Sister', Frances Peard, 1889.
Source Firkin
Faded Diagonal Stripes #1001
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Seamless SVG vector and JPG backgrounds with faded diagonal stripes. The colors are editable.
Source V. Hartikainen
Pool Table #175
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0This makes me wanna shoot some pool! Sweet green pool table pattern.
Source Caveman
Old Mathematics #43
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0This one takes you back to math class. Classic mathematic board underlay.
Source Josh Green
Floral pattern 6 #2461
Fabric CC 0A pattern formed from a photograph of a 16th century ceramic tile.
Source Firkin
"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