Groovepaper #577
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0With a name like this, it has to be hot. Diagonal lines in light shades.
Source Isaac
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Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 2 No Background@2X #554
Noise CC 0Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Background pattern 225 (colour 4) #2324
Green CC 0Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be extracted by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Sine wave background 2 #1734
Dark CC 0The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Pattern generator #161
Noise CC 0A simple example on using clones. You can generate a nice base for a pattern fill quickly with it.
Source Lazur URH
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
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 2 #268
Noise CC 0Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 2
Source GDJ
Micro Carbon #7
Carbon CC BY-SA 3.0Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo
Vintage pattern #1958
Grid CC 0Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 5 No Background #543
Diamond CC 0Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 5 No Background
Source GDJ
Cake pattern #2480
Colorful CC 0A seamless pattern formed from miutopia's cakes on a tablecloth.
Source Firkin
Escheresque Dark@2X #1065
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A comeback for you: the popular Escheresque, now in black.
Source Patten
Notebook@2X #1179
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0This one is super crisp at 2X. Lined paper with some dust and scratches.
Source HQvectors
Floral background 21 (colour) #1784
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Brick Wall@ #1275
Wall CC 0Zero CC tileable brick texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Color Stains on Canvas #1167
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless web texture with illustration of pale color stains on canvas.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 336 (colour 2) #1720
Green 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
Stripy checkerboard pattern #1768
Dark CC 0Simple combination of stripy squares with their negatively coloured counterparts
Source Firkin
Background pattern 306 (colour 3) #1880
Colorful CC 0Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Fabric pattern #2402
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
Rough Diagonal@2X #692
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0The classic 45-degree diagonal line pattern, done right.
Source Jorick van Hees
Retro Circles Background 5 No Black@2X #427
Noise CC 0Retro Circles Background 5 No Black
Source GDJ
Stylized lion design #2089
Dark CC 0Derived from a drawing in 'Historiske Afhandlinger', Adolf Jorgensen, 1898.
Source Firkin
Booze pattern #1727
Noise CC 0The tile this is based on was adapted from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by frolicsomepl. It can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Sine wave background #1735
Dark CC 0The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Grunge Wall@2X #82
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Light gray grunge wall with a nice texture overlay.
Source Adam Anlauf