Project Papper@2X #120
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

Light square grid pattern, great for a “DIY projects” sort of website, maybe?

Source Rafael Almeida

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Prismatic Floral Background No Black #475
 Light  CC 0

Prismatic Floral Background No Black

Source GDJ

Micro Carbon@2X #8
 Carbon  CC BY-SA 3.0

Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.

Source Atle Mo

Tessellation 16 (colour 5) #2211
 Yellow  CC 0

The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 15 #201
 Dark  CC 0

A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'colour modulo' texture in Paint.net.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 26 (black) #199
 Dark  CC 0

Pattern formed from simple shapes. Black version.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 315 (colour 2) #1844
 Red  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

Retro Squares Background 9 #399
 Dark  CC 0

Retro Squares Background 9

Source GDJ

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

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4

Source GDJ

Vintage tile background #2248
 Brown  CC 0

A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Type #276
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.

Source Atle Mo