Your eyes can trip a bit from looking at this – use it wisely.
Source Michal Chovanec
A free background pattern with abstract green tiles.
Source V. Hartikainen
A free tileable background colored in off-white (antique white) color.
Source V. Hartikainen
Seamless Light Background Texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
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
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 4 No Background
Source GDJ
This is so subtle: We’re talking 1% opacity. Get your squint on!
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 5 No Black
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Hyde Park from Domesday-Book to date', John Ashton, 1896.
Source Firkin
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2
Source GDJ
The tile this fill pattern is based on can be had by using shift+alt+i on the rectangle.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857. The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A pale yellow background pattern with vertical stripes. The stripes are partially faded. I think this background image turned out pretty well, especially those faded stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Derived from a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Floral Pattern 3 Variation 3 No Background
Source GDJ
I asked Gjermund if he could make a pattern for us – result!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
The name is totally random, but hey, it sounds good.
Source Atle Mo
A simple circle. That’s all it takes. This one is even transparent, for those who like that.
Source Saqib
Just a nice looking textured pattern with faded blue stripes. Well, that's it for today... one background a day, as usual.
Source V. Hartikainen
More in the paper realm, this time with fibers.
Source Jorge Fuentes
A seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic
Source Firkin