It’s an egg, in the form of a pattern. This really is 2012.
Source Paul Phönixweiß
You know I’m a sucker for these. Well-crafted paper pattern.
Source Mihaela Hinayon
A bit like some carbon, or knitted netting if you will.
Source Anna Litvinuk
First pattern tailor-made for Retina, with many more to come. All the old ones are upscaled, in case you want to re-download.
Source Atle Mo
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
Simple gray checkered lines, in light tones.
Source Radosław Rzepecki
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A monochrome pattern from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscaope and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
From an image on opengameart.org shared by rubberduck.
Source Firkin
The tile this is formed from can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Floral patterns will never go out of style, so enjoy this one.
Source Lasma
Remixed from a drawing in 'Works. Popular edition', John Ruskin, 1886.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background No Black
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
This is lovely, just the right amount of subtle noise, lines and textures.
Source Richard Tabor
A heavy hitter at 400x400px, but lovely still.
Source Breezi
You don’t see many mid-tone patterns here, but this one is nice.
Source Joel Klein
The following free background pattern has glossy diagonal stripes as a texture to it, and it's colored in a light blue gray color. This background pattern is suitable for using in web design or any other graphic design projects. This applies to all background patterns here.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 6 No Background
Source GDJ
A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
An abstract web texture of a polished blue stone (or does it look more like ice).
Source V. Hartikainen