Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4 #461
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4

Source GDJ

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Background pattern 214 (colour 5) #2374
 Green  CC 0

A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.

Source Firkin

Faded Yellow Stripes, Background Pattern #933
 Stripes  CC BY-SA 3.0

A pale yellow background pattern with vertical stripes. The stripes are partially faded. I think this background image turned out pretty well, especially those faded stripes.

Source V. Hartikainen

Background pattern 306 (colour 4) #1877
 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

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

Background pattern 336 (colour 2) #1720
 Green  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

Background pattern 332 (version 2) #1740
 Blue  CC 0

The tile this is formed from can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

Background pattern #2000
 Dark  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

Merely Cubed #589
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

Tiny, tiny 3D cubes. Reminds me of the good old pattern from k10k.

Source Etienne Rallion

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4@2X #462
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4

Source GDJ

Frozen Surface With Diagonal Stripes #912
 Stripes  CC BY-SA 3.0

This light background pattern has a texture of "frozen" surface with diagonal stripes. Here's an yet another addition to the collection of free website backgrounds.

Source V. Hartikainen

Background pattern 251 (colour 2) #2166
 Yellow  CC 0

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

Source Firkin