Prismatic Hexagonalist Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
A lovely light gray pattern with stripes and a dash of noise.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
An alternative colour scheme for the original background.
Source Firkin
Number 3 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
This is indeed a bit strange, but here’s to the crazy ones!
Source Christopher Buecheler
From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.
Source Firkin
Small gradient crosses inside 45-degree boxes, or bigger crosses if you will.
Source Wassim
Light gray grunge wall with a nice texture overlay.
Source Adam Anlauf
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
This one takes you back to math class. Classic mathematic board underlay.
Source Josh Green
Neat little photography icon pattern.
Source Hossam Elbialy
Heavy depth and shadows here, but might work well on some mobile apps.
Source Damian Rivas
A seamless tessellation pattern. To get the tile this is formed from, select the pattern in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A large pattern with funky shapes and form. An original. Sort of origami-ish.
Source Luuk van Baars
A seamless pattern made from the gold Penrose triangle by GDJ and the two remixes
Source Firkin
A comeback for you: the popular Escheresque, now in black.
Source Patten
Farmer could be some sort of fabric pattern, with a hint of green.
Source Fabian Schultz
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Tweed is back in style – you heard it here first. Also, the @2X version here is great!
Source Simon Leo
Original seamless pattern with an Inkscape filter.
Source Firkin
The green fibers pattern will work very well in grayscale as well.
Source Matteo Di Capua
This background image is great for using in web design or graphic design projects. And don't forget to visit the homepage. I frequently update this resource with fresh tileable backgrounds.
Source V. Hartikainen
This one is super crisp at 2X. Lined paper with some dust and scratches.
Source HQvectors