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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Tex2res4@2X #718
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Number 1 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
Classy Fabric #611
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0This is lovely, just the right amount of subtle noise, lines and textures.
Source Richard Tabor
Hoffman #1152
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Did anyone say The Hoff? This pattern is in no way related to Baywatch.
Source Josh Green
Dark Stitched Leather Background #1121
Leather CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless dark leather-like background texture with diagonal lines that look like stitches.
Source V. Hartikainen
Seamless Green Curtain Background #1333
Green CC BY-SA 3.0A free seamless background image with abstract texture of green "curtain".
Source V. Hartikainen
Paper Fibers #1060
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Just what the name says, paper fibers. Always good to have.
Source Heliodor jalba
Pink Clouds Background #1230
Pink CC BY-SA 3.0Actually, there's no clouds in it, but I think it looks quite nice.
Source V. Hartikainen
Solid@2X #846
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0A mid-tone gray pattern with some cement looking texture.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Decorative divider 219 #2231
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 234 (colour 2) #2258
Green CC 0Drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
"Honeycomb", Orange Background Pattern #1313
Orange CC BY-SA 3.0The following orange background pattern resembles a honeycomb.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern No Background@2X #552
Noise CC 0Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Seamless Cardboard Texture #1212
Cardboard CC BY-SA 3.0A free background image with a seamless texture of cardboard. This texture of cardboard looks quite realistic, especially when is actually tiled.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background No Black #408
Noise CC 0Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background No Black
Source GDJ
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 5 No Black@2X #792
Noise CC 0Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 5 No Black
Source GDJ
Diminishing design 5 #1725
Blue CC 0Adapted from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Anerma.
Source Firkin
Cube Well & Blue #1699
Wall CC 0Background Wall, Art Abstract, Block Well & CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous
Fabric pattern 2 (colour 5) #2392
Fabric CC 0Not 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
Floral design 99 (colour) #1777
Green CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Cardboard@2X #279
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A good starting point for a cardboard pattern. This would work well in a variety of colors.
Source Atle Mo
Triangles@2X #744
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Sharp but soft triangles in light shades of gray.
Source Pixeden