"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

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Background pattern 230 (colour 3) #2303
 Green  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

Decorative divider 230 #2150
 Dark  CC 0

From a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.

Source Firkin

plant pattern 01 #2507
 Unknow  CC 0

The image is a seamless pattern which is derived from a vine .Consequently, the vine got like dots via vectorization.The original vine is here:jp.pinterest.com/pin/500744052301410188/

Source Yamachem

Checkered Light Emboss@2X #281
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!

Source Alex Parker

Brushed Alum Dark@2X #66
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Because I love dark patterns, here is Brushed Alum in a dark coating.

Source Tim Ward

Seamless Prismatic Pythagorean Line Art Pattern No Background@2X #570
 Light  CC 0

Seamless Prismatic Pythagorean Line Art Pattern No Background. A seamless pattern that includes the original tile (go to Objects / Pattern / Pattern To Objects in Inkscape's menu to extract it).

Source GDJ

Black Linen@2X #64
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.

Source Atle Mo

Background pattern 225 (colour 3) #2325
 Pink  CC 0

Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be extracted by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 336 (colour 3) #1719
 Blue  CC 0

Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.

Source Firkin

Ribbon pattern 2 (version 2, colour 6) #2034
 Pink  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

Background pattern 306 (colour 5) #1879
 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