Retina Dust #915
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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Background pattern 21 #205
Light CC 0A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'rainbow twist' texture in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
Faded Diagonal Stripes #1001
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Seamless SVG vector and JPG backgrounds with faded diagonal stripes. The colors are editable.
Source V. Hartikainen
Zig-zag pattern 6 #2413
Grid CC 0A seamless pattern based on a square tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Leafy design 18 #1788
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 297 #1902
Red CC 0Remixed from an image on Pixabay, the original having been uploaded by darkmoon1968.
Source Firkin
"Brown Stone", Seamless Web Texture #1030
Stone CC BY-SA 3.0This background texture resembles stone. It may be used as a background on web pages or on some of their html elements (header, borders, menu bar, etc.). Just modify it for your needs.
Source V. Hartikainen
Arches@2X #716
Light CC BY-SA 3.0One more in the line of patterns inspired by Japanese/Asian styles. Smooth.
Source Kim Ruddock
Background Patterns - Lava #251
Fabric CC 0If you want png files of this u can download them here : viscious-speed.deviantart.com/gallery/27635117
Source Viscious-Speed
Vintage pattern #1960
Grid CC 0Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 328 (colour 3) #1799
Noise CC 0To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
Seamless Gray Stone Background #1028
Stone CC BY-SA 3.0This background image has seamless texture that resembles a surface of gray stone.
Source V. Hartikainen
Green Fibers #91
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0The green fibers pattern will work very well in grayscale as well.
Source Matteo Di Capua
Light & Boards #1297
Wood CC 0ZeroCC tileable wood boards texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II 3 No Background #534
Noise CC 0Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Leafy pattern black #1972
Dark CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Whitey #109
Light CC BY-SA 3.0A white version of the very popular linen pattern.
Source Ant Ekşiler
regular hexagon pattern #2541
Grid CC 0The image depicts a pattern of regular hexagon.As I made to use it for myself,I want to others to use it.Speaking about the ratio of the image, height : width = 2 : √3(1.732...)Ridiculous to say,I realized later that this image is not honey comb pattern.I have to slide the second row.
Source Yamachem
Dark Wall@2X #818
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo
Background pattern 214 (colour 6) #2372
Colorful 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
Lichen #1293
Stone CC 0Zero CC tileable moss or lichen covered stone texture, edited from pixabay. CC0
Source Sojan Janso