Gloomy Stripes #994
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A dark striped seamless pattern suitable for use as a background on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
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Mix Stone #1263
Stone CC 0Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Diagonal Noise@2X #182
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0A simple but elegant classic. Every collection needs one of these.
Source Christopher Burton
Decorative divider 230 #2150
Dark CC 0From a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.
Source Firkin
Block Well #1697
Colorful CC 0Background Wall, Art Abstract, Block Well & CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous
Grey Washed Wall #1128
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0This is a semi-dark pattern, sort of linen-y.
Source Sagive SEO
Prismatic Hypnotic Pattern No Background #571
Noise CC 0Prismatic Hypnotic Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Background pattern 302 #1894
Red CC 0The tile this fill pattern is based on can be had by using shift+alt+i on the rectangle.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background No Black@2X #452
Noise CC 0Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background No Black
Source GDJ
Stucco #294
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0A nice and simple gray stucco material. Great on its own, or as a base for a new pattern.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
Tileable Wood@2X #656
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0Not so subtle. These tileable wood patterns are very useful.
Source Elemis
Decorative divider 246 #2078
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Textured Paper #1130
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0You know I love paper patterns. Here is one from Stephen. Say thank you!
Source Stephen Gilbert
Decorative divider 252 #2065
Dark CC 0Remix from a drawing in 'Ostatnie chwile powstania styczniowego', Zygmunt Sulima, 1887.
Source Firkin
Ribbon pattern 2 (version 2) #2039
Colorful CC 0The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Soft Wallpaper #95
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Coming in at 666x666px, this is an evil big pattern, but nice and soft at the same time.
Source Atle Mo
Kaleidoscope Prismatic Abstract No Background@2X #807
Noise CC 0Kaleidoscope Prismatic Abstract No Background
Source GDJ
Old Moon #1201
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0Awesome name, great pattern. Who does not love space?
Source Nick Batchelor
Broken Noise #364
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Beautiful dark noise pattern with some dust and grunge.
Source Vincent Klaiber
Skin Side Up #847
Light CC BY-SA 3.0White fabric looking texture with some nice random wave features.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Yellow Wood Planks Background #876
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0This background pattern contains a texture of yellow wood planks. I think it looks quite original.
Source V. Hartikainen
Dark Wall #817
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo
"Brown Stone", Seamless Web Texture #1030
Stone CC BY-SA 3.0This background texture resembles stone. It may be used as a background on web pages or on some of their html elements (header, borders, menu bar, etc.). Just modify it for your needs.
Source V. Hartikainen