Retro Squares Background 9 #399
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Retro Squares Background 9

Source GDJ

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Prismatic Hexagonalist Pattern No Background #390
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Prismatic Hexagonalist Pattern No Background

Source GDJ

“Transparent” Background Pattern #493
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An emulated “transparent” background pattern, like that of all kinds of computer graphics software.

Source AdamStanislav

Project Papper #119
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

Light square grid pattern, great for a “DIY projects” sort of website, maybe?

Source Rafael Almeida

Psychedelic Geometric Background #381
 Noise  CC 0

Psychedelic Geometric Background.

Source GDJ

Background pattern 302 (colour 2) #1893
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The tile this fill pattern is based on can be had by using shift+alt+i on the rectangle.

Source Firkin

Fleurs-de-lys pattern 2 #2205
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Colour version of the original pattern inspired by the front cover of 'Old and New Paris', Henry Edwards, 1894.

Source Firkin

Stucco #294
 Wall  CC BY-SA 3.0

A nice and simple gray stucco material. Great on its own, or as a base for a new pattern.

Source Bartosz Kaszubowski

Little Pluses@2X #74
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Subtle grunge and many little pluses on top.

Source Atle Mo

Background pattern 273 #2042
 Dark  CC 0

Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.

Source Firkin

Dark Brick Wall #135
 Wall  CC BY-SA 3.0

Black brick wall pattern. Brick your site up!

Source Alex Parker

Dark Denim #372
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Thin lines, noise and texture creates this crisp dark denim pattern.

Source Marco Slooten

Sakura Blossoms Background #389
 Noise  CC 0

Sakura Blossoms Background

Source GDJ

Background pattern 252 (colour 5) #2158
 Light  CC 0

Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 272 #2057
 Brown  CC 0

A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

Part of Bayeux Tapestry 2 #2451
 Noise  CC 0

From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.

Source Firkin