Seamless Core Pattern 6 #170
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Seamless Core Pattern 6

Source GDJ

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crissXcross@2X #112
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Dark pattern with some nice diagonal stitched lines crossing over.

Source Ashton

Background pattern 268 #2066
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Remixed from a drawing in 'Kulturgeschichte der Deutschen im Mittelalter' Franz von Loeher, 1891. The unit tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i

Source Firkin

Seamless Core Pattern 2 #166
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Seamless Core Pattern 2

Source GDJ

Zig-zag pattern 5 #2414
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A seamless pattern based on a square tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Desert Camo Print #255
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Here's a camo print with more tan and less green, such as might be used in a desert scenario. This is tileable, so it can be used as a wallpaper or background.

Source Eady

ed62's pattern remixed #1728
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The original has been presented as black on transparent and stored in the pattern definitions. To retrieve the unit tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

Polonez Pattern@2X #335
 Gray  CC BY-SA 3.0

A car pattern?! Can it be subtle? I say yes!

Source Radosław Rzepecki

Rough Cloth@2X #313
 Fabric  CC BY-SA 3.0

More tactile goodness. This time in the form of some rough cloth.

Source Bartosz Kaszubowski

seigaiha subtle color #2278
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This is a remix of "blue wave-seigaiha".I hope this subtle color version of Seigaiha would be suitable for background .

Source Yamachem

Diamond pattern (colour 3) #2283
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From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Retro Circles Background 8 No Black #437
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Retro Circles Background 8 No Black

Source GDJ

Carbon Fiber #3
 Carbon  CC BY-SA 3.0

A dark pattern made out of 3×3 circles and a 1px shadow. This works well as a carbon texture or background.

Source Atle Mo

Square ornament 38 #2147
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From a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.

Source Firkin

Prismatic Dots Background 8@2X #516
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Prismatic Dots Background 8

Source GDJ