Groovepaper@2X #578
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

With a name like this, it has to be hot. Diagonal lines in light shades.

Source Isaac

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Diagmonds #336
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Love the style on this one, very fresh. Diagonal diamond pattern. Get it?

Source INS

Squares #302
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Dark, square, clean and tidy. What more can you ask for?

Source Jaromír Kavan

Little Knobs #310
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

White little knobs, coming in at 10x10px. Sweet!

Source Amos

Background pattern 308 (colour 2) #1871
 Green  CC 0

Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.

Source Firkin

Diamonds Are Forever@2X #184
 Diamond  CC BY-SA 3.0

Sharp diamond pattern. A small 24x18px tile.

Source Tom Neal

Black Linen #63
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.

Source Atle Mo

Background pattern yellow #2025
 Yellow  CC 0

Remixed 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

Dark Wood #320
 Wood  CC BY-SA 3.0

A beautiful dark wood pattern, superbly tiled.

Source Omar Alvarado

Carbon Fiber Big #326
 Carbon  CC BY-SA 3.0

Bigger is better, right? So here you have some large carbon fiber.

Source Factorio.us Collective

Background pattern 214 (colour 2) #2376
 Red  CC 0

A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.

Source Firkin

Background pattern blue #1940
 Blue  CC 0

Formed by heavily distorting part of a an image of a fish uploaded to Pixabay by GLady

Source Firkin

Diamond pattern (colour 3) #2283
 Green  CC 0

From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Background pattern #1942
 Brown  CC 0

Formed by distorting an image on Pixabay that was uploaded by gustavorezende. To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Retro Circles Background 5 No Black@2X #427
 Noise  CC 0

Retro Circles Background 5 No Black

Source GDJ

Black Scales #191
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Same as Silver Scales, but in black. Turn your site into a dragon with this great scale pattern.

Source Alex Parker

Background pattern 227 #2314
 Yellow  CC 0

A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.

Source Firkin

Project Papper@2X #120
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

Light square grid pattern, great for a “DIY projects” sort of website, maybe?

Source Rafael Almeida