Soft Circle Scales@2X #114
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Japanese looking fish scale pattern.

Source Ian Soper

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Black Linen@2X #64
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.

Source Atle Mo

Triangles pattern #2408
 Brown  CC 0

A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 259 #2133
 Red  CC 0

Remixed from a design seen on Pixabay. The basic tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

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

Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background #407
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background

Source GDJ

Background pattern 250 (colour 4) #2168
 Blue  CC 0

To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 309 (colour 3) #1864
 Red  CC 0

Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.

Source Firkin

Tessellation 15 (colour) #2222
 Blue  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

Prismatic Dots Background 3@2X #506
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Dots Background 3

Source GDJ

Foggy Birds@2X #580
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Hey, you never know when you’ll need a bird pattern, right?

Source Pete Fecteau

Fabric pattern 3 (colour 5) #2383
 Fabric  CC 0

Alternative 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

Dark Denim@2X #373
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

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

Source Marco Slooten

Vichy #71
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

This one could be the shirt of a golf player. Angled lines in different thicknesses.

Source Olivier Pineda

Iron Grip@2X #588
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Sounds like something from World of Warcraft. Has to be good.

Source Tony Kinard

Background pattern 257 (colour) #2136
 Green  CC 0

Remixed from a design on Pixabay. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin