Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern 2 No Background #412
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Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern 2 No Background

Source GDJ

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Square ornament 38 #2147
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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

Retro Circles Background 7 No Black@2X #434
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Retro Circles Background 7 No Black

Source GDJ

White Texture@2X #132
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.

Source Dmitry

Whitey@2X #110
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

A white version of the very popular linen pattern.

Source Ant Ekşiler

Background pattern 8 (colour) #211
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Colour version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net

Source Firkin

WaveCut #75
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

If you like it a bit trippy, this wave pattern might be for you.

Source Ian Soper

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

Retro Circles Background 4 No Black@2X #423
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Retro Circles Background 4 No Black

Source GDJ

Desert Camo Print #255
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Here's a camo print with more tan and less green, such as might be used in a desert scenario. This is tileable, so it can be used as a wallpaper or background.

Source Eady

Background pattern 223 (colour 5) #2349
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Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin