Micro Carbon@2X #8
 Carbon  CC BY-SA 3.0

Three 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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Background pattern pink #1954
 Pink  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

Fall Leaves #243
 Fabric  CC 0

Colored maple leaves scattered on a surface. This is tileable, so it can be used as a background or wallpaper.

Source Eady

samekomon-01 #2270
 Yellow  CC 0

The image is a remix of "edo pattern-samekomon".I changed the color of dots from black to white and added BG in light-yellow.

Source Yamachem

Noise Pattern With Subtle Cross Lines@2X #180
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

More bright luxury. This is a bit larger than fancy deboss, and with a bit more noise.

Source Viszt Péter

Background pattern 328 (colour 2) #1800
 Green  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

Background pattern 252 (colour 6) #2157
 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

Colourful background #2008
 Colorful  CC 0

Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic

Source Firkin

Background pattern 235 (colour 6) #2250
 Red  CC 0

To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 314 (colour 5) #1835
 Pink  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

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

Zig-zag pattern 2 #2417
 Grid  CC 0

A seamless pattern based on a rectangular tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin