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Brushed Alum@2X #68
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

A light brushed aluminum pattern for your pleasure.

Source Tim Ward

Zig-zag pattern #2418
 Grid  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

Green Fibers@2X #92
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

The green fibers pattern will work very well in grayscale as well.

Source Matteo Di Capua

Seamless Wood Pattern #889
 Wood  CC BY-SA 3.0

A seamlessly repeating background pattern of wood. The image is procedurally generated, and, I think, it's turned out quite well.

Source V. Hartikainen

Background pattern 251 (colour 5) #2163
 Red  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

White Texture #131
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.

Source Dmitry

Gray Sand@2X #18
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

A dark gray, sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.

Source Atle Mo

Background pattern 249 #2179
 Blue  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

"Polished Stone", Gray Background Pattern #1053
 Stone  CC BY-SA 3.0

A seamless gray background texture suitable for use on websites. To me, it has the look of stone. Feel free to modify it to meet your needs (by making it a bit lighter or darker, for example).

Source V. Hartikainen

Noisy #45
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

Looks a bit like concrete with subtle specks spread around the pattern.

Source Mladjan Antic

Wine Cork #33
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Wine cork texture based off a scanned corkboard.

Source Atle Mo

Background pattern 201 #2501
 Grid  CC 0

A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 41 #262
 Fabric  CC 0

A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'light rays' rendering in Paint.net.

Source Firkin