Micro Carbon@2X #8
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
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Decorative divider 232 #2148
Dark CC 0From a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.
Source Firkin
Candyhole #356
Light CC BY-SA 3.0It’s a hole, in a pattern. On your website. Dig it!
Source Josh Green
Colourful background 14 #2526
Colorful CC 0A colourful background drawn originally in paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Climpek@2X #776
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Small gradient crosses inside 45-degree boxes, or bigger crosses if you will.
Source Wassim
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2 No Black #455
Noise CC 0Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
Seamless Blue On Yellow Background #1160
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0This seamless pattern consists of a blue grid on a yellow background.
Source V. Hartikainen
Tex2res2@2X #720
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0Number 2 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
Dark Matter #601
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0The name is totally random, but hey, it sounds good.
Source Atle Mo
"Maple", Seamless Wood Texture #883
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0Here I have tried to create something that would look like maple wood. Not sure how well it's turned out, but at least it looks like wood.
Source V. Hartikainen
Classy Fabric #611
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0This is lovely, just the right amount of subtle noise, lines and textures.
Source Richard Tabor
White Paperboard@2X #375
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0Could be paper, could be a Polaroid frame – up to you!
Source Chaos
Seamless 3D Isometric Tessellation Pattern 2 #147
Light CC 0A seamless pattern that includes the original tile (go to Objects / Pattern / Pattern To Objects in Inkscape's menu to extract it).
Source GDJ
Project Papper@2X #120
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Light square grid pattern, great for a “DIY projects” sort of website, maybe?
Source Rafael Almeida
White Linen #839
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Dead simple but beautiful horizontal line pattern.
Source Fabian Schultz
Tiny Grid #891
Light CC BY-SA 3.0You know, tiny and sharp. I’m sure you’ll find a use for it.
Source Atle Mo
Fleurs-de-lys pattern 2 (colour) #2204
Colorful CC 0Colour version of the original pattern inspired by the front cover of 'Old and New Paris', Henry Edwards, 1894.
Source Firkin
Grunge Wall #81
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Light gray grunge wall with a nice texture overlay.
Source Adam Anlauf
"Grunge-Like" Background Pattern #1126
Grunge CC BY-SA 3.0Background pattern made in "Grunge-Like" style. Available in both SVG and JPG formats. Edit to your needs then click the download button.
Source V. Hartikainen
Noise Pattern With Subtle Cross Lines@2X #180
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0More bright luxury. This is a bit larger than fancy deboss, and with a bit more noise.
Source Viszt Péter
Vintage Speckles@2X #654
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Lovely pattern with splattered vintage speckles.
Source David Pomfret
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 5 No Black@2X #468
Dark CC 0Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 5 No Black
Source GDJ
Decorative divider 191 #2515
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Studies for Stories', Jean Ingelow, 1864.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 105@2X #564
Dark CC 0A seamless pattern formed from background pattern 102
Source Firkin
Brushed Alum@2X #68
Light CC BY-SA 3.0A light brushed aluminum pattern for your pleasure.
Source Tim Ward
Tessellation 16 #2215
Yellow CC 0The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin