Retro Circles Background 8@2X #436
 Dark  CC 0

Retro Circles Background 8

Source GDJ

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White Texture #131
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.

Source Dmitry

Paisley Background@2X #496
 Light  CC 0

Paisley Background

Source GDJ

Background pattern 214 (colour 4) #2373
 Yellow  CC 0

A 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

Cubes #133
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

This reminds me of Game Cube. A nice light 3D cube pattern.

Source Sander Ottens

Background pattern 258 (colour) #2134
 Red  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

Background pattern brown #1945
 Brown  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

Colourful bricks pattern (no background) #265
 Noise  CC 0

Original minus the background

Source Firkin

Type@2X #277
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.

Source Atle Mo

Background pattern 239 #2218
 Dark  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

Black Paper #55
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Black paper texture, based on two different images.

Source Atle Mo
Based from Design Kindle

Felt #300
 Wall  CC BY-SA 3.0

Got some felt in my mailbox today, so I scanned it for you to use.

Source Atle Mo

Background pattern 207 (colour 2) #2464
 Colorful  CC 0

A seamless pattern created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin