Soft Circle Scales #113
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Japanese looking fish scale pattern.

Source Ian Soper

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Retro Squares Background 7 #397
 Noise  CC 0

Retro Squares Background 7

Source GDJ

Zig Zag #328
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

So tiny, just 7 by 7 pixels – but still so sexy. Ah yes.

Source Dmitriy Prodchenko

Prismatic Hexagonalist Pattern No Background #390
 Light  CC 0

Prismatic Hexagonalist Pattern No Background

Source GDJ

Prismatic Floral Background@2X #474
 Dark  CC 0

Prismatic Floral Background

Source GDJ

Rubber Grip #101
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

A very slick dark rubber grip pattern, sort of like the grip on a camera.

Source Sinisha

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

Vintage tile background #2248
 Brown  CC 0

A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 250 (colour 2) #2170
 Blue  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

Black Mamba@2X #58
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

The name alone is awesome, but so is this sweet dark pattern.

Source Federica Pelzel

Cardboard #278
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

A good starting point for a cardboard pattern. This would work well in a variety of colors.

Source Atle Mo

Groovepaper@2X #578
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

With a name like this, it has to be hot. Diagonal lines in light shades.

Source Isaac

Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 2 No Background@2X #554
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 2 No Background

Source GDJ