Flourish 3 #2298
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
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Cardboard Flat@2X #962
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0Not a flat you live inside, like in the UK – but a flat piece of cardboard.
Source Appleshadow
Escheresque #777
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Cubes as far as your eyes can see. You know, because they tile.
Source Jan Meeus
Background pattern 275 #2033
Blue CC 0Drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Concrete Wall 2@2X #80
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0A light gray wall or floor (you decide) of concrete.
Source Atle Mo
Tessellation 13 variant 1 #2532
Yellow CC 0Original seamless pattern with an Inkscape filter.
Source Firkin
Light Grey Floral Motif@2X #345
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Lovely light gray floral motif with some subtle shades.
Source GraphicsWall
White Wave@2X #682
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Light and tiny, just the way you like it.
Source Rohit Arun Rao
Fabric pattern (colour 2) #2401
Fabric CC 0Alternative colour scheme. Not a pattern for fabrics, but one produced from a jpg of a stack of fabric items that was posted on Pixabay. The tile that this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 227 (colour 4) #2311
Green CC 0A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Diagmonds #336
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Love the style on this one, very fresh. Diagonal diamond pattern. Get it?
Source INS
Abstract Ellipses Background Grayscale #378
Dark CC 0Abstract Ellipses Background Grayscale
Source GDJ
Diagonales Decalées@2X #1019
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Sounds French. Some 3D square diagonals, that’s all you need to know.
Source Graphiste
Zig-zag pattern 6 #2413
Grid CC 0A seamless pattern based on a square tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Hexabump@2X #954
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Hexagonal dark 3D pattern. What more can you ask for?
Source Norbert Levajsics
Cross Scratches@2X #626
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Subtle scratches on a light gray background.
Source Andrey Ovcharov
Background pattern 230 (colour 2) #2302
Green CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Small Crackle Bright@2X #353
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Light gray pattern with an almost wall tile-like appearance.
Source Markus Tinner
Green Fibers #91
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0The green fibers pattern will work very well in grayscale as well.
Source Matteo Di Capua
Floral pattern 11 #1770
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Tactile Noise #5
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A heavy dark gray base, some subtle noise and a 45-degree grid makes this look like a pattern with a tactile feel to it.
Source Atle Mo
Dark Circles@2X #307
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0People seem to enjoy dark patterns, so here is one with some circles.
Source Atle Mo
Gold Wall & Black #1251
Wall CC 0Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Retina Dust #915
Light CC BY-SA 3.0First 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
Background pattern black #2026
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