This is so subtle: We’re talking 1% opacity. Get your squint on!
Source Atle Mo
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
A bit of scratched up grayness. Always good.
Source Dmitry
A frame using leaves from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by mayapujiati
Source Firkin
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
Zero CC tileable hard cover red book, scanned and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
An emulated “transparent” background pattern, like that of all kinds of computer graphics software.
Source AdamStanislav
A light brushed aluminum pattern for your pleasure.
Source Tim Ward
Adapted from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
An orange vertically striped background pattern. Feel free to download and use this orange background pattern, for example, on the web). It resembles a wallpaper with vertical stripes or something similar to it.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'rainbow twist' texture in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
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
You know I’m a sucker for these. Well-crafted paper pattern.
Source Mihaela Hinayon
This texture looks like old leather. It should look great as a background on web pages.
Source V. Hartikainen
This is the remix of an OCAL clipart called "Art Nouveau ornament" uploaded by "microcosme".Thanks.This is a seamless pattern of an Art Nouveau ornament.
Source Yamachem
This is the remix of "blue wave-seigaiha".The image depicts a seamless pattern of the front upper part of Japanese five yen coin which is used currently.This design represents a rice with ripe golden ears.
Source Yamachem
A large (588x375px) sand-colored pattern for your ever-growing collection. Shrink at will.
Source Alex Tapein
This was submitted in a beige color, hence the name. Now it’s a gray paper pattern.
Source Konstantin Ivanov
A seamless pattern created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Dark pattern with some nice diagonal stitched lines crossing over.
Source Ashton
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern of "sewn stripes" colored in light gray.
Source V. Hartikainen
Adapted from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Anerma.
Source Firkin
ZeroCC tileable mossy (lichen) stone texture, edited from pixabay. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin