Floral background 20 #1813
Red CC 0Derived from a drawing in 'Elfrica. An historical romance of the twelfth century', Charlotte Boger, 1885
Source Firkin
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Project Papper #119
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Light square grid pattern, great for a “DIY projects” sort of website, maybe?
Source Rafael Almeida
Kaleidoscope Prismatic Abstract No Background@2X #807
Noise CC 0Kaleidoscope Prismatic Abstract No Background
Source GDJ
Dark Fish Skin #1048
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0It almost looks a bit blurry, but then again, so are fishes.
Source Petr Šulc
Floral design 100 (version 2, colour) #1772
Green CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Inspiration Geometry@2X #1176
Unknow CC BY-SA 3.0This one is rather fun and playful. The 2X could be used at 1X too!
Source Welsley
Background pattern 260 #2094
Orange CC 0Tile available in Inkscape using shift-alt-i on the selected rectangle
Source Firkin
Twinkle Twinkle@2X #1011
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A very dark spotted twinkle pattern for your twinkle needs.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Background pattern 224 #2342
Colorful CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Tweed@2X #1151
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Tweed is back in style – you heard it here first. Also, the @2X version here is great!
Source Simon Leo
Background pattern 252 (colour 4) #2159
Light CC 0Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Tessellation 16 #2215
Yellow CC 0The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Orange Striped Background Pattern #909
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0An orange vertically striped background pattern. Feel free to download and use this orange background pattern, for example, on the web). It resembles a wallpaper with vertical stripes or something similar to it.
Source V. Hartikainen
Pyramid #895
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Could remind you a bit of those squares in Super Mario Bros, yeh?
Source Jeff Wall
Small Crosses #115
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Sharp pixel pattern looking like some sort of fabric.
Source Dmitry
Tex2res3 #723
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0Number 4 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
Metal Grid Pattern #1091
Metal CC BY-SA 3.0A repeatable image with dark background and metal grid pattern.
Source V. Hartikainen
Decorative divider 220 #2230
Dark CC 0Prepared mostly as a raster in Paint.net and vectorised.
Source Firkin
Green Fibers #91
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0The green fibers pattern will work very well in grayscale as well.
Source Matteo Di Capua
"Pink Bump Dots", Background Tile #1234
Pink CC BY-SA 3.0A free background tile with a pattern of pink bump dots. This background tile is sweet! Moreover, it's designed for use as website backgrounds.
Source V. Hartikainen
Black Mamba #57
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0The name alone is awesome, but so is this sweet dark pattern.
Source Federica Pelzel
Fabric 1 #9
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Semi-light fabric pattern made out of random pixels in shades of gray.
Source Atle Mo
Floral pattern 6 (colour 4) #2458
Fabric CC 0Alternative colour scheme for the original floral pattern.
Source Firkin