Paven@2X #297
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

A subtle shadowed checkered pattern. Increase the lightness for even more subtle sexiness.

Source Josh Green

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Background pattern 252 #2162
 Dark  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

Background pattern 227 (colour 6) #2309
 Red  CC 0

A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.

Source Firkin

Prismatic Rounded Squares Grid 3 No Background@2X #490
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Rounded Squares Grid 3 No Background

Source GDJ

Background pattern 226 (colour 6) #2316
 Pink  CC 0

A seamless pattern from a tile made from a jpg on Pixabay. To get the tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

“Transparent” Background Pattern #493
 Light  CC 0

An emulated “transparent” background pattern, like that of all kinds of computer graphics software.

Source AdamStanislav

Fabric pattern 3 (colour 6) #2382
 Fabric  CC 0

Alternative colour scheme. Not a pattern for fabrics, but one produced from a jpg of a stack of fabric items that was posted on Pixabay. The tile that this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Dark Wood@2X #321
 Wood  CC BY-SA 3.0

A beautiful dark wood pattern, superbly tiled.

Source Omar Alvarado

Background pattern 224 (colour 3) #2340
 Colorful  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

Rough Cloth@2X #313
 Fabric  CC BY-SA 3.0

More tactile goodness. This time in the form of some rough cloth.

Source Bartosz Kaszubowski

Spiral pattern 3 #1934
 Dark  CC 0

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

Dark Stripes@2X #40
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Very dark pattern with some noise and 45-degree lines.

Source Stefan Aleksić

Background pattern 315 (colour 6) #1840
 Green  CC 0

The rectangular tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

Background pattern 315 (colour 3) #1843
 Green  CC 0

The rectangular tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 7 No Background@2X #548
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 7 No Background

Source GDJ