Subtle Dark Vertical@2X #608
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Classic vertical lines, in all its subtlety.
Source Cody L
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Prurple Paper #1257
Paper CC 0Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Use Your Illusion@2X #918
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A dark one with geometric shapes and dotted lines.
Source Mohawk Studios
Simple Horizontal Light #982
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Sometimes you just need the simplest thing.
Source Fabricio
Tessellation 16 (colour 3) #2213
Green CC 0The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic 3D Isometric Tessellation Pattern 6 #148
Dark CC 0Prismatic 3D Isometric Tessellation Pattern 6
Source GDJ
Fabric of Squares@2X #1096
Light CC BY-SA 3.0As far as fabric patterns goes, this is quite crisp.
Source Heliodor Jalba
Green Dust & Scratches #107
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Snap! It’s a pattern, and it’s not grayscale! Of course you can always change the color in Photoshop.
Source Atle Mo
Beige Paper #83
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0This was submitted in a beige color, hence the name. Now it’s a gray paper pattern.
Source Konstantin Ivanov
Dimension #1173
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Don’t look at this one too long if you’re high on something.
Source Luuk van Baars
Triangular ornament 32 #2435
Dark CC 0Drawn in Paint.net using the kaleidoscope plug-in and vectorised.
Source Firkin
Groovepaper@2X #578
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0With a name like this, it has to be hot. Diagonal lines in light shades.
Source Isaac
Decorative divider 226 #2178
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Paul's Sister', Frances Peard, 1889.
Source Firkin
Fancy Deboss #177
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0Luxury pattern, looking like it came right out of Paris.
Source Daniel Beaton
Black Leather Texture (Seamless) #1118
Leather CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless texture of black leather. I think it will look best when used in headers, footers or sidebars.
Source V. Hartikainen
Subtle Dots@2X #922
Light CC BY-SA 3.0As simple and subtle as it gets. But sometimes that’s just what you want.
Source Designova
Background pattern 223 (colour 3) #2351
Green CC 0Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Light Striped Background #937
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A light background pattern with diagonal stripes. Here's a simple light striped background for you.
Source V. Hartikainen
Black Scales #191
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Same as Silver Scales, but in black. Turn your site into a dragon with this great scale pattern.
Source Alex Parker
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3 No Black #459
Noise CC 0Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3 No Black
Source GDJ
Transparent Square Tiles@2X #299
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0The first pattern on here using opacity. Try it on a site with a colored background, or even using mixed colors.
Source Nathan Spady
Decorative divider 218 #2232
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin