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Decorative divider #2001
 Dark  CC 0

From a drawing in 'La Principauté de Liège et les Pays-Bas au XVIe siècle', Société des Bibliophiles Liégeois ,1887.

Source Firkin

Medic Packaging Foil #376
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

8 by 8 pixels, and just what the title says.

Source pixilated

Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern 3 No Background #413
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Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern 3 No Background

Source GDJ

White Plaster #368
 Wall  CC BY-SA 3.0

Sweet and subtle white plaster with hints of noise and grunge.

Source Phil Maurer

Micro Carbon #7
 Carbon  CC BY-SA 3.0

Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.

Source Atle Mo

Floral design 90 #1815
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From a drawing in 'Hubert Montreuil, or the Huguenot and the Dragoon', Francisca Ouvry, 1873.

Source Firkin

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

Background pattern 214 (colour 2) #2376
 Red  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

Background pattern 105@2X #564
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A seamless pattern formed from background pattern 102

Source Firkin

Background2@2X #477
 Wall  CC 0

rug texture background

Source Jilllio

Starring@2X #586
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

If you need stars, this is the one to get.

Source Agus Riyadi

Background pattern 227 (colour 4) #2311
 Green  CC 0

A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.

Source Firkin

Checkered Pattern #322
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

Simple gray checkered lines, in light tones.

Source Radosław Rzepecki