Prismatic Dots Background 6 #511
 Dark  CC 0

Prismatic Dots Background 6

Source GDJ

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Vichy #71
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

This one could be the shirt of a golf player. Angled lines in different thicknesses.

Source Olivier Pineda

Diamond pattern (colour 2) #2284
 Green  CC 0

From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Checkered Pattern@2X #323
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

Simple gray checkered lines, in light tones.

Source Radosław Rzepecki

Background pattern 203 #2486
 Brown  CC 0

A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Part of Bayeux Tapestry 3 #2448
 Noise  CC 0

From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 235 #2255
 Yellow  CC 0

To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

White Grunge Background #1124
 Grunge  CC BY-SA 3.0

This white background pattern has a seamless grunge style texture. Here's a white grunge style background pattern. Use it as a tiled background image on web sites or for other purposes.

Source V. Hartikainen

Smooth Wall@2X #28
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Some rectangles, a bit of dust and grunge, plus a hint of concrete.

Source Atle Mo

Vintage pattern #1959
 Grid  CC 0

Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.

Source Firkin

Whitey@2X #110
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

A white version of the very popular linen pattern.

Source Ant Ekşiler

"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

Black Linen #63
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

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

Source Atle Mo

Leather 1 #13
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

A leather pattern with a hint of yellow.

Source Atle Mo

Ribbon pattern 2 (version 2, colour 4) #2036
 Colorful  CC 0

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

Source Firkin