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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Absurdity@2X #826
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Bit of a strange name on this one, but still nice. Tiny gray square things.
Source Carlos Valdez
Seamless Wood Pattern #889
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0A seamlessly repeating background pattern of wood. The image is procedurally generated, and, I think, it's turned out quite well.
Source V. Hartikainen
Diamond Upholstery@2X #768
Diamond CC BY-SA 3.0A re-make of the Gradient Squares pattern.
Source Dimitar Karaytchev
Background pattern 235 (colour 5) #2251
Blue CC 0To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Background pattern green #1953
Green CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Light Mesh@2X #708
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0Love me some light mesh on a Monday. Sharp.
Source Wilmotte Bastien
Background pattern 208 #2465
Grid CC 0A seamless pattern created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Floral background #1964
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'A Child of the Age', Francis Adams, 1894.
Source Firkin
Dark Circles #306
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0People seem to enjoy dark patterns, so here is one with some circles.
Source Atle Mo
Background pattern 201 #2501
Grid CC 0A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 253 #2153
Brown CC 0A seamless pattern created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the pattern in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 328 (colour 2) #1800
Green CC 0To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
Background pattern 273 #2042
Dark CC 0Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 251 #2167
Dark CC 0To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Foggy Birds@2X #580
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Hey, you never know when you’ll need a bird pattern, right?
Source Pete Fecteau
Seamless Prismatic Quadrilateral Line Art Pattern No Background #379
Diamond CC 0Seamless Prismatic Quadrilateral Line Art Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Billie Holiday@2X #1003
Light CC BY-SA 3.0No relation to the band, but damn it’s subtle!
Source Thomas Myrman
Subtle Carbon #949
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0There are many carbon patterns, but this one is tiny.
Source Designova
Background pattern 105@2X #564
Dark CC 0A seamless pattern formed from background pattern 102
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 253 #2064
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.
Source Firkin
Notebook@2X #1179
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0This one is super crisp at 2X. Lined paper with some dust and scratches.
Source HQvectors
Gun Metal@2X #361
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0With a name this awesome, how can I go wrong?
Source Nikolay Boltachev