Light Wool #695
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Submitted as a black pattern, I made it light and a few steps more subtle.
Source Andy
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Clean gray paper #859
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0On a large canvas you can see it tiling, but used on smaller areas, it’s beautiful.
Source Paul Phönixweiß
Dark Circles@2X #307
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0People seem to enjoy dark patterns, so here is one with some circles.
Source Atle Mo
White Linen #839
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Dead simple but beautiful horizontal line pattern.
Source Fabian Schultz
Background pattern 289 #1937
Orange CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 308 (colour 2) #1871
Green CC 0Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Abstract Stars Geometric Pattern Prismatic No Background #384
Noise CC 0Abstract Stars Geometric Pattern Prismatic No Background
Source GDJ
Background pattern 261 #2076
Dark CC 0Inspired by a pattern found in 'A General History of Hampshire, or the County of Southampton, including the Isle of Wight', Bernard Woodwood, 1861
Source Firkin
Wavy background #2013
Pink CC 0A seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Retina Dust #915
Light CC BY-SA 3.0First pattern tailor-made for Retina, with many more to come. All the old ones are upscaled, in case you want to re-download.
Source Atle Mo
Background pattern green #1950
Green CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 112 #263
Fabric CC 0A seamless pattern with a unit cell drawn as a bitmap in Paint.net and vectorized in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Zig-zag pattern 6 #2413
Grid CC 0A seamless pattern based on a square tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Medic Packaging Foil@2X #377
Light CC BY-SA 3.08 by 8 pixels, and just what the title says.
Source pixilated
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 5@2X #793
Noise CC 0Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 5
Source GDJ
Circles pattern #1917
Yellow CC 0Fix side and a seamless pattern formed from circles.
Source SliverKnight
Paven #296
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0A subtle shadowed checkered pattern. Increase the lightness for even more subtle sexiness.
Source Josh Green
Stitched Wool #843
Light CC BY-SA 3.0I love these crisp, tiny, super subtle patterns.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
"Glossy Pink Fur", Pink Background Pattern #1235
Pink CC BY-SA 3.0Here's a quite bright pink background pattern for use on websites. It doesn't look like a real fur, but it definitely resembles one.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 225 #2327
Colorful CC 0Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be extracted by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin