Retina Dust@2X #916
Light CC BY-SA 3.0First pattern tailor-made for Retina, with many more to come. All the old ones are upscaled, in case you want to re-download.
Source Atle Mo
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Paisley #1343
Light CC BY-SA 3.0The name Paisley reminds me of an old British servant. That’s just me.
Source Swetha
Zig-zag pattern 2 #2417
Grid CC 0A seamless pattern based on a rectangular tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 259 (colour 4) #2131
Green CC 0Remixed from a design seen on Pixabay. The basic tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern 2 No Background@2X #782
Light CC 0Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Stitched Wool@2X #844
Light CC BY-SA 3.0I love these crisp, tiny, super subtle patterns.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Prismatic Triangular Background Design Mark II 5 #406
Dark CC 0Prismatic Triangular Background Design Mark II 5
Source GDJ
Diamond pattern 2 (colour 5) #2264
Blue CC 0From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Dark Denim@2X #373
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Thin lines, noise and texture creates this crisp dark denim pattern.
Source Marco Slooten
Pineapple Cut@2X #584
Diamond CC BY-SA 3.0I love the movie Pineapple Express, and I’m also liking this Pineapple right here.
Source Audee Mirza
Escheresque@2X #778
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Cubes as far as your eyes can see. You know, because they tile.
Source Jan Meeus
Green Dust & Scratches@2X #108
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Snap! It’s a pattern, and it’s not grayscale! Of course you can always change the color in Photoshop.
Source Atle Mo
First Aid Kit #701
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0No, not the band but the pattern. Simple squares in gray tones, of course.
Source Atle Mo
Dark Brown Wood Pattern #884
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless background pattern of dark brown wood planks.
Source V. Hartikainen
Redox 01 #849
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Bright gray tones with a hint of some metal surface.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Soft Wallpaper@2X #96
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Coming in at 666x666px, this is an evil big pattern, but nice and soft at the same time.
Source Atle Mo
Whitey #109
Light CC BY-SA 3.0A white version of the very popular linen pattern.
Source Ant Ekşiler
Type #276
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4@2X #462
Noise CC 0Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4
Source GDJ
Axiom Pattern #330
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Not even 1kb, but very stylish. Gray thin lines.
Source Struck Axiom
Double Lined@2X #52
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Horizontal and vertical lines on a light gray background.
Source Adam Anlauf
Noise Lines@2X #898
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Lovely pattern with some good-looking non-random noise lines.
Source Zucx
Checkered Light Emboss@2X #281
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!
Source Alex Parker
Light Note Paper #942
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Here's an yet another seamless note paper texture for use as a background on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Dark Wood #320
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0A beautiful dark wood pattern, superbly tiled.
Source Omar Alvarado
Background pattern 214 (colour 2) #2376
Red CC 0A 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
Fabric pattern (colour 5) #2398
Fabric CC 0Alternative colour scheme. Not a pattern for fabrics, but one produced from a jpg of a stack of fabric items that was posted on Pixabay. The tile that this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin