Ravenna #354
 Wall  CC BY-SA 3.0

I guess this is inspired by the city of Ravenna in Italy and its stone walls.

Source Sentel

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Green Dust & Scratches #107
 Wall  CC BY-SA 3.0

Snap! It’s a pattern, and it’s not grayscale! Of course you can always change the color in Photoshop.

Source Atle Mo

Tessellation 15 (colour 2) #2221
 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

Black Linen@2X #64
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

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

Source Atle Mo

Abstract Tiled Background Extended 6 #517
 Noise  CC 0

Abstract Tiled Background Extended 6

Source GDJ

Spirals pattern #1994
 Colorful  CC 0

Uses spirals from Pixabay. To get the basic tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

Background pattern 227 (colour 5) #2310
 Colorful  CC 0

A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.

Source Firkin

Bright Multicolored Floral Background@2X #560
 Noise  CC 0

Bright Multicolored Floral Background by Karen Arnold from PDP.

Source GDJ

Desert Camo Print #255
 Fabric  CC 0

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 230 #2304
 Yellow  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

Wood Pattern@2X #371
 Wood  CC BY-SA 3.0

One of the few full-color patterns here, but this one was just too good to pass up.

Source Alexey Usoltsev

Background pattern 258 #2135
 Dark  CC 0

Remixed from a design on Pixabay. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Hexagonal pattern #2379
 Dark  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

Background pattern 215 (colour 3) #2369
 Pink  CC 0

A grid of squares with green colours. Since the colours are randomly distributed it is automatically seamless.

Source Firkin

Seamless Cardboard Texture #1212
 Cardboard  CC BY-SA 3.0

A free background image with a seamless texture of cardboard. This texture of cardboard looks quite realistic, especially when is actually tiled.

Source V. Hartikainen

Background pattern 251 (colour 5) #2163
 Red  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

Background pattern 117 #524
 Noise  CC 0

A seamless pattern drawn originally in Paint.net by distorting a slice of background pattern 116 and copying the resulting triangle numerous times.

Source Firkin