Sine wave background #1735
Dark CC 0The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
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Grey Washed Wall #1128
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0This is a semi-dark pattern, sort of linen-y.
Source Sagive SEO
Lined Paper #1034
Light CC BY-SA 3.0I know there is one here already, but this is sexy!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
Decorative divider 232 #2148
Dark CC 0From 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
Square ornament 37 #2177
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Paul's Sister', Frances Peard, 1889.
Source Firkin
Tex2res1@2X #722
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0Number 3 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
Use Your Illusion #917
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A dark one with geometric shapes and dotted lines.
Source Mohawk Studios
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 3 No Background #555
Noise CC 0Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Climpek #775
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Small gradient crosses inside 45-degree boxes, or bigger crosses if you will.
Source Wassim
Wooden planks 2 #2569
Wood CC 0A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Black Linen@2X #64
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Straws@2X #973
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Super detailed 16×16 tile that forms a beautiful pattern of straws.
Source Pavel
Background pattern 255 (colour) #2141
Brown CC 0Colour version of the original pattern.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Basic Pattern 2 No Background@2X #448
Noise CC 0Prismatic Basic Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Cincinnati tablet 2 #2146
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Prehistoric Man: researches into the origin of civilisation in the old and the new world', Daniel Wilson, 1876.
Source Firkin
Dark Stripes@2X #40
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Very dark pattern with some noise and 45-degree lines.
Source Stefan Aleksić
Floral design #1984
Green CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 207 #2466
Yellow 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
Background pattern 7 (grey) #206
Dark CC 0Greyscale version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'slinky' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
Always Grey@2X #54
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Crossing lines with a subtle emboss effect on a dark background.
Source Stefan Aleksić
Translucent Fibres #943
Light CC BY-SA 3.0The file was named striped lens, but hey – Translucent Fibres works too.
Source Angelica
Lego background #2428
Colorful CC 0Background formed from the iconic plastic construction bricks that gave me endless hours of fun when I was a lad.
Source Firkin
blue glass design #2545
Blue CC 0The image is a design of blue glass.How about using it as background image?
Source Yamachem
Background pattern 213 (colour) #2411
Colorful CC 0A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I. A version of the original with random colors.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 273 #2042
Dark CC 0Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
Leopard Skin Pattern #1120
Leather CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless pattern of leopard skin. It should look nice as a background element on web pages.
Source V. Hartikainen
Seamless Green Curtain Background #1333
Green CC BY-SA 3.0A free seamless background image with abstract texture of green "curtain".
Source V. Hartikainen
Fabric 6 (colour 5) #2591
Green CC 0An alternative colour scheme for the original seamless texture formed from an image on Pixabay.
Source Firkin