Gun Metal@2X #361
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

With a name this awesome, how can I go wrong?

Source Nikolay Boltachev

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Background pattern 112 #263
 Fabric  CC 0

A seamless pattern with a unit cell drawn as a bitmap in Paint.net and vectorized in Vector Magic.

Source Firkin

Seamless Wood Pattern #889
 Wood  CC BY-SA 3.0

A seamlessly repeating background pattern of wood. The image is procedurally generated, and, I think, it's turned out quite well.

Source V. Hartikainen

Little Pluses #73
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Subtle grunge and many little pluses on top.

Source Atle Mo

Retro Circles Background 6 #428
 Noise  CC 0

Retro Circles Background 6

Source GDJ

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2 No Black #455
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2 No Black

Source GDJ

Candyhole #356
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

It’s a hole, in a pattern. On your website. Dig it!

Source Josh Green

Lego background #2428
 Colorful  CC 0

Background formed from the iconic plastic construction bricks that gave me endless hours of fun when I was a lad.

Source Firkin

Bright Multicolored Floral Background@2X #560
 Noise  CC 0

Bright Multicolored Floral Background by Karen Arnold from PDP.

Source GDJ

Handmade Paper@2X #38
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

White handmade paper pattern with small bumps.

Source Marquis

Glossy Diagonal Stripes, Background Pattern #908
 Stripes  CC BY-SA 3.0

The following free background pattern has glossy diagonal stripes as a texture to it, and it's colored in a light blue gray color. This background pattern is suitable for using in web design or any other graphic design projects. This applies to all background patterns here.

Source V. Hartikainen

Tessellation 15 (colour 4) #2219
 Green  CC 0

The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Floral pattern 9 #2043
 Dark  CC 0

The tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i. Remixed from a drawing in 'Flowers of Song', Frederick Weatherly, 1895.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 201 (colour 3) #2493
 Grid  CC 0

A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II No Background@2X #531
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II No Background

Source GDJ

Vintage pattern #1957
 Grid  CC 0

Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.

Source Firkin

Part of Bayeux Tapestry 4 #2446
 Noise  CC 0

From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.

Source Firkin