Subtle White Mini Waves #1322
Unknow CC BY-SA 3.0Tiny circle waves, almost like the ocean.
Source Sagive
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Decorative divider 287 #1821
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
Old Mathematics #43
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0This one takes you back to math class. Classic mathematic board underlay.
Source Josh Green
Background pattern 7 #227
Noise CC 0Pattern that came out of playing with the 'slinky' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
Floral divider 7 #1747
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
Abstract Stars Geometric Pattern Prismatic No Background #384
Noise CC 0Abstract Stars Geometric Pattern Prismatic No Background
Source GDJ
Flourish 1 #2300
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
Grey Washed Wall #1128
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0This is a semi-dark pattern, sort of linen-y.
Source Sagive SEO
Tessellation 11 (variant 2) #2539
Grid CC 0The original enhanced with some gradients.
Source Firkin
Pixel Weave #1154
Unknow CC BY-SA 3.0Clean and crisp lines all over the place. Wrap it up with this one.
Source Dax Kieran
"Green Rhombuses", Seamless Background Pattern #1336
Green CC BY-SA 3.0A free green background pattern with a pattern of rhombuses on a seamless texture. Feel free to use it as a tiled background image on your web site.
Source V. Hartikainen
Dark Sharp Edges #1320
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Some dark 45 degree angles creating a nice pattern. Huge.
Source Dark Sharp Edges
Tileable Wood@2X #656
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0Not so subtle. These tileable wood patterns are very useful.
Source Elemis
Repeating Web Background (Dark Brown) #1079
Metal CC BY-SA 3.0This one has rusty dark brown texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
White Wall #1105
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Looks like an old wall. I guess that’s it then?
Source Viahorizon
Subtle Freckles #89
Light CC BY-SA 3.0This is so subtle: We’re talking 1% opacity. Get your squint on!
Source Atle Mo
Cartographer@2X #750
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A topographic map like this has actually been requested a few times, so here you go!
Source Sam Feyaerts
Tex2res5 #725
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0Number 5 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
Floral pattern 6 (colour 5) #2457
Fabric CC 0Alternative colour scheme for the original floral pattern.
Source Firkin
Retro Intro #893
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0A slightly more textured pattern, medium gray. A bit like a potato sack?
Source Bilal Ketab
Wave Grind@2X #1133
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Submitted by DomainsInfo – wtf, right? But hey, a free pattern.
Source DomainsInfo
Vintage tile background #2248
Brown CC 0A 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