Paper 1 #15
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

A slightly grainy paper pattern with small horizontal and vertical strokes.

Source Atle Mo

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White Paperboard@2X #375
 Fabric  CC BY-SA 3.0

Could be paper, could be a Polaroid frame – up to you!

Source Chaos

Transparent Square Tiles@2X #299
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

The first pattern on here using opacity. Try it on a site with a colored background, or even using mixed colors.

Source Nathan Spady

flower seamless pattern-remix #2445
 Fabric  CC 0

This is a remix of "flower seamless pattern".I rotated the original image by 90 degrees.This is a seamless pattern of flowers.These horizontal wavy lines are one of Edo patterns which is called "tatewaku or tachiwaku or 立湧" that represents uprising steam or vapor.

Source Yamachem

Rubber Grip@2X #102
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

A very slick dark rubber grip pattern, sort of like the grip on a camera.

Source Sinisha

Prismatic Abstract Line Art Pattern Background@2X #566
 Dark  CC 0

Prismatic Abstract Line Art Pattern Background

Source GDJ

Background pattern pink #1948
 Pink  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 2) #2156
 Brown  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

Green Gobbler #85
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Luxurious looking pattern (for a T-shirt maybe?) with a hint of green.

Source Simon Meek

Bright Squares #87
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

It’s okay to be square! A nice light gray pattern with random squares.

Source Waseem Dahman

Background pattern 230 (colour 2) #2302
 Green  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

Silver Scales #189
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Turn your site into a dragon with this great scale pattern.

Source Alex Parker

Background pattern 273 #2042
 Dark  CC 0

Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.

Source Firkin

Visual illusion #2586
 Grid  CC 0

The edges of all the red objects line up either vertically or horizontally, but it doesn't appear so. Made from a square tile that can be got by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin