Light Aluminum #304
 Wall  CC BY-SA 3.0

Used correctly, this could be nice. Used in a bad way, all hell will break loose.

Source Atle Mo

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Rice Paper 2 #340
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

One can never have too few rice paper patterns, so here is one more.

Source Atle Mo

Brown Metallic Grid Pattern #1086
 Metal  CC BY-SA 3.0

A brown metallic grid pattern layered on top of a dark fabric texture. It should look great when using as a tiled background on web pages, especially blogs.

Source V. Hartikainen

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 262 #2075
 Dark  CC 0

Inspired by a pattern found in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 252 (colour 5) #2158
 Light  CC 0

Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Black Linen@2X #64
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

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

Source Atle Mo

Floral Pattern Background 5 #219
 Noise  CC 0

PDP

Source GDJ

Background pattern 6 #225
 Noise  CC 0

Another fairly simple design drawn in Paint.net and vectorized in Inkscape.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 224 (colour 3) #2340
 Colorful  CC 0

To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Candyhole@2X #357
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

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

Source Josh Green

Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern No Background #411
 Light  CC 0

Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern No Background

Source GDJ

Transparent Square Tiles@2X #299
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

The first pattern on here using opacity. Try it on a site with a colored background, or even using mixed colors.

Source Nathan Spady

Pineapple Cut #583
 Diamond  CC BY-SA 3.0

I love the movie Pineapple Express, and I’m also liking this Pineapple right here.

Source Audee Mirza

Paper 2 #21
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

New paper pattern with a slightly organic feel to it, using some thin threads.

Source Atle Mo

Background2@2X #477
 Wall  CC 0

rug texture background

Source Jilllio