"Seamless Bark", Website Background. #879
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0This background pattern contains a seamless texture of bark. It's not very realistic, but I think it looks quite nice.
Source V. Hartikainen
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Cross Scratches #625
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Subtle scratches on a light gray background.
Source Andrey Ovcharov
Background pattern 208 (colour 2) #2462
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
Ribbon pattern 2 (version 2, colour 5) #2035
Colorful CC 0The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 21 #205
Light CC 0A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'rainbow twist' texture in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
Colourful background #2009
Colorful CC 0Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Abstract Ellipses Background Grayscale #814
Dark CC 0Abstract Ellipses Background Grayscale
Source GDJ
Notebook #1178
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0This one is super crisp at 2X. Lined paper with some dust and scratches.
Source HQvectors
Chain background #2063
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Canadian forest industries July-December', 1915
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 239 #2087
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Leafy pattern #1971
Green CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Joined spirals pattern #2482
Yellow CC 0The starting point for this was drawn on the web site steamcoded.org/PolyskelionMaker.svg
Source Firkin
Floral divider 4 #1750
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
Dark Wall #817
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo
Laminate Wall #1274
Wall CC 0Zero CC tileable Laminate wood texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Part of Bayeux Tapestry 4 #2446
Noise CC 0From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 248 #2181
Dark CC 0To get the tile this is made up from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Concrete Wall@2X #78
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Dark blue concrete wall with some small dust spots.
Source Atle Mo
Fabric pattern 3 (colour 6) #2382
Fabric CC 0Alternative colour scheme. Not a pattern for fabrics, but one produced from a jpg of a stack of fabric items that was posted on Pixabay. The tile that this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Wave Grind@2X #1133
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Submitted by DomainsInfo – wtf, right? But hey, a free pattern.
Source DomainsInfo
Dark Mosaic@2X #122
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Small dots with minor circles spread across to form a nice mosaic.
Source John Burks
Stressed Linen@2X #987
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0We have some linen patterns here, but none that are stressed. Until now.
Source Jordan Pittman
Tessellation 16 (colour 3) #2213
Green CC 0The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Straws@2X #973
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Super detailed 16×16 tile that forms a beautiful pattern of straws.
Source Pavel
Office@2X #958
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0I guess this one is inspired by an office. A dark office.
Source Andrés Rigo.