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Zodiac pattern (black background) #267
Dark 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. Version with black background.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 214 #2377
Blue CC 0A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Tree Bark #1182
Light CC BY-SA 3.0This one is something special. I’d call it a flat pattern, too. Very well done, sir!
Source GetDiscount
Tessellation 16 (colour 6) #2210
Colorful CC 0The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Background pattern 336 (colour 3) #1719
Blue CC 0Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
Paven@2X #297
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0A subtle shadowed checkered pattern. Increase the lightness for even more subtle sexiness.
Source Josh Green
seigaiha subtle color #2278
Pink CC 0This is a remix of "blue wave-seigaiha".I hope this subtle color version of Seigaiha would be suitable for background .
Source Yamachem
Cloth Alike@2X #1094
Light CC BY-SA 3.0You guessed it – looks a bit like cloth.
Source Peax Webdesign
"Dark Wood", Free Web Background #872
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0Feel free to download this "Dark Wood" background texture for your web site. The background tiles seamlessly!
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 308 (colour 6) #1867
Pink CC 0Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Diagonal Striped Brick #679
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
Page ornament 53 #2060
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'The Canadian horticulturist', 1892
Source Firkin
Background pattern 274 #2041
Dark CC 0Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
Black Linen 2 #103
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A new take on the black linen pattern. Softer this time.
Source Atle Mo
Grey Washed Wall #1128
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0This is a semi-dark pattern, sort of linen-y.
Source Sagive SEO
Paper@2X #658
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Nicely crafted paper pattern, although a bit on the large side (500x593px).
Source Blaq Annabiosis
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 4 No Background #541
Diamond CC 0Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 4 No Background
Source GDJ
Background pattern 7 #227
Noise CC 0Pattern that came out of playing with the 'slinky' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
Page ornament 41 #2092
Dark CC 0Derived from a drawing in 'The Murmur of the Shells', Samuel Cowen, 1879.
Source Firkin
Little Triangles #687
Light CC BY-SA 3.0The basic shapes never get old. Simple triangle pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Background pattern 8 (black) #209
Dark CC 0Black version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin