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 227 (colour 5) #2310
 Colorful  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 Groovy Concentric Background@2X #450
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background

Source GDJ

60º lines@2X #26
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Never out of fashion and so much hotter than the 45º everyone knows, here is a sweet 60º line pattern.

Source Atle Mo

Vintage pattern #2296
 Brown  CC 0

Inspired by a pattern seen on a public domain image of a very old tile. To get the unit cell, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Prismatic Basic Pattern 2 No Background@2X #448
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Basic Pattern 2 No Background

Source GDJ

Glossy Diagonal Stripes, Background Pattern #908
 Stripes  CC BY-SA 3.0

The following free background pattern has glossy diagonal stripes as a texture to it, and it's colored in a light blue gray color. This background pattern is suitable for using in web design or any other graphic design projects. This applies to all background patterns here.

Source V. Hartikainen

Rough Cloth #312
 Fabric  CC BY-SA 3.0

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

Source Bartosz Kaszubowski

"Grunge-Like" Background Pattern #1126
 Grunge  CC BY-SA 3.0

Background pattern made in "Grunge-Like" style. Available in both SVG and JPG formats. Edit to your needs then click the download button.

Source V. Hartikainen

Background pattern 306 #1882
 Colorful  CC 0

Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.

Source Firkin