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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Floral background 2@2X #430
 Wall  CC 0

Background formed from the original with an emboss effect

Source GDJ

Seamless Core Pattern 10 #171
 Dark  CC 0

Seamless Core Pattern 10

Source GDJ

Background pattern 253 #2153
 Brown  CC 0

A seamless pattern created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the pattern in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Retro Squares Background 4 #418
 Dark  CC 0

Retro Squares Background 4

Source GDJ

Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II 2 No Background #532
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II 2 No Background

Source GDJ

Zig Zag #328
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

So tiny, just 7 by 7 pixels – but still so sexy. Ah yes.

Source Dmitriy Prodchenko

Spotted Light Yellow BG Pattern #1216
 Yellow  CC BY-SA 3.0

This light yellow background pattern consists of an irregular pattern of spots. Here's a light background pattern with yellowish tint.

Source V. Hartikainen

Background pattern 221 (colour) #2346
 Yellow  CC 0

A seamless pattern formed from a tile made from page ornament 22. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Green Dust & Scratches@2X #108
 Wall  CC BY-SA 3.0

Snap! It’s a pattern, and it’s not grayscale! Of course you can always change the color in Photoshop.

Source Atle Mo

Faded Yellow Stripes, Background Pattern #1218
 Yellow  CC BY-SA 3.0

A pale yellow background pattern with vertical stripes. The stripes are partially faded. I think this background image turned out pretty well, especially those faded stripes.

Source V. Hartikainen

Background pattern 314 #1839
 Yellow  CC 0

The square tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

Background pattern 230 (colour 3) #2303
 Green  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

Abstract Tiled Background Extended 6 #517
 Noise  CC 0

Abstract Tiled Background Extended 6

Source GDJ