Grey Washed Wall #1128
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0This is a semi-dark pattern, sort of linen-y.
Source Sagive SEO
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Binding Light #1136
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Light gray version of the Binding pattern that looks a bit like fabric.
Source Newbury
Background pattern 26 (black) #199
Dark CC 0Pattern formed from simple shapes. Black version.
Source Firkin
Tessellation 16 (colour 2) #2214
Colorful CC 0The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 281 #1874
Wall CC 0Remixed from a drawing that was uploaded to Pixabay by ractapopulous
Source Firkin
Zig-zag pattern #2418
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
Church@2X #634
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0I have no idea what J Boo means by this name, but hey – it’s hot.
Source j Boo
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 4 No Background #557
Noise CC 0Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 4 No Background
Source GDJ
Debut Dark@2X #1015
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Same classic 45-degree pattern, dark version.
Source Luke McDonald
Retina Dust@2X #916
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 271 #2058
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'The Canadian horticulturist', 1892
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 222 #2208
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'A Girl in Ten Thousand', Elizabeth Meade, 1896.
Source Firkin
Diagonal Striped Brick #679
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
Background pattern 230 (colour 3) #2303
Green CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Colourful background #2011
Colorful CC 0Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
"Gray Stripes", Background Pattern #941
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0This one is quite simple in design, it consists of vertical stripes layered on top of a seamless texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
"Seamless Bark", Website Background. #879
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0This background pattern contains a seamless texture of bark. It's not very realistic, but I think it looks quite nice.
Source V. Hartikainen
Glossy Groove Stripe Pattern (Pale Orange) #967
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A pale orange background pattern with glossy groove stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Decorative divider 199 #2436
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Jardyne's Wife', Charles Wills, 1891.
Source Firkin
Floral divider 2 #1924
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'A Guide to the Guildhall of the City of London', John Baddeley, 1898.
Source Firkin
Subtle Grunge@2X #1041
Light CC BY-SA 3.0A heavy hitter at 400x400px, but lovely still.
Source Breezi
Satin Weave@2X #1045
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Super simple but very nice indeed. Gray with vertical stripes.
Source Merrin Macleod