It’s an egg, in the form of a pattern. This really is 2012.
Source Paul Phönixweiß
CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
By popular request, an outline version of the pentagon pattern.
Source Atle Mo
The tile this is formed from can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
A fun-looking elastoplast/band-aid pattern. A hint of orange tone in this one.
Source Josh Green
Floral patterns will never go out of style, so enjoy this one.
Source Lasma
So tiny, just 7 by 7 pixels – but still so sexy. Ah yes.
Source Dmitriy Prodchenko
A repeating graphic with ancient pattern. I came up with this name/title at last minute, so you may find that there is very little of ancientness in this pattern after all.
Source V. Hartikainen
Greyscale version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
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
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A huge one at 800x600px. Made from a photo I took going home after work.
Source Atle Mo
The image depicts a seamless pattern made using a bird's face.
Source Yamachem
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 5 No Black
Source GDJ
An alternative colour scheme for the original background.
Source Firkin
Orange-red pattern for tiled backgrounds.
Source V. Hartikainen
The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From drawing in 'Musings in Maoriland', Thomas Bracken, 1890.
Source Firkin
Pattern Background, Texture, Photoshop Structure style CC0 texture.
Source Darkmoon1968
From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
Source Firkin
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Kaz
Source Firkin