Pattern cleanup 4 #157
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An attempt for cleaning up the original image in a few steps.

Source Lazur URH

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Random Binary Background #274
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Random Binary Background

Source GDJ

Floral Pattern Background 5 #219
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PDP

Source GDJ

Prismatic Hypnotic Pattern 2 No Background@2X #574
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Prismatic Hypnotic Pattern 2 No Background

Source GDJ

Orange Striped Background Pattern #909
 Stripes  CC BY-SA 3.0

An orange vertically striped background pattern. Feel free to download and use this orange background pattern, for example, on the web). It resembles a wallpaper with vertical stripes or something similar to it.

Source V. Hartikainen

Spiral pattern 3 #1934
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From a drawing in 'Danmarks Riges Historie af J. Steenstrup, Kr. Erslev, A. Heise, V. Mollerup, J. A. Fridericia, E. Holm, A. D. Jørgensen', 1897.

Source Firkin

Prismatic Abstract Background Design #403
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Prismatic Abstract Background Design

Source GDJ

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

Soft Kill #318
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Pattern #100! A black classic knit-looking pattern.

Source Factorio.us Collective

Brushed Alum #67
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

A light brushed aluminum pattern for your pleasure.

Source Tim Ward

Retro Circles Background 4 #420
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Retro Circles Background 4

Source GDJ

"Maple", Seamless Wood Texture #883
 Wood  CC BY-SA 3.0

Here 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

Background pattern 252 #2162
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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