Floral background 5 #2404
Fabric CC 0A 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
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Mossy #1296
Stone CC 0ZeroCC tileable mossy (lichen) stone texture, edited from pixabay. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Dark Steel Grid Background Pattern #1081
Metal CC BY-SA 3.0Here'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
Wallpaper Tile 13 #240
Light CC 0An abstract Background pattern of purple twisty patterns.
Source TikiGiki
Background pattern black #2028
Dark CC 0Remixed 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
Psychedelic@2X #746
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0Geometric triangles seem to be quite hot these days.
Source Pixeden
Carbon Fiber@2X #4
Carbon CC BY-SA 3.0A dark pattern made out of 3×3 circles and a 1px shadow. This works well as a carbon texture or background.
Source Atle Mo
Retina Wood@2X #924
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0I’m not going to use the word Retina for all the new patterns, but it just felt right for this one. Huge wood pattern for ya’ll.
Source Atle Mo
Light Aluminum@2X #305
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 purple #1952
Colorful CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Knitted Netting@2X #604
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0A bit like some carbon, or knitted netting if you will.
Source Anna Litvinuk
Background pattern 252 (colour 6) #2157
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
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background No Black #451
Noise CC 0Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background No Black
Source GDJ
Graphy #350
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Looks like a technical drawing board: small squares forming a nice grid.
Source We Are Pixel8
Soft Kill@2X #319
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Pattern #100! A black classic knit-looking pattern.
Source Factorio.us Collective
Background pattern 7 (grey) #206
Dark CC 0Greyscale version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'slinky' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
Background pattern 117@2X #525
Noise CC 0A seamless pattern drawn originally in Paint.net by distorting a slice of background pattern 116 and copying the resulting triangle numerous times.
Source Firkin
Natural Paper@2X #834
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0You know I’m a sucker for these. Well-crafted paper pattern.
Source Mihaela Hinayon
Background pattern 19 (black) #203
Dark CC 0A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'rainbow twist' texture in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4 No Black@2X #442
Dark CC 0Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4 No Black
Source GDJ
Background pattern 229 #2305
Colorful CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Black Linen 2 #103
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A new take on the black linen pattern. Softer this time.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Abstract Background Design #403
Noise CC 0Prismatic Abstract Background Design
Source GDJ
Background pattern 336 #1721
Pink CC 0Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin