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
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Clean gray paper #859
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0On a large canvas you can see it tiling, but used on smaller areas, it’s beautiful.
Source Paul Phönixweiß
Ribbon pattern 2 (version 2, colour 5) #2035
Colorful CC 0The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Square ornament 37 #2177
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Paul's Sister', Frances Peard, 1889.
Source Firkin
Color Stains on Canvas #1167
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless web texture with illustration of pale color stains on canvas.
Source V. Hartikainen
Axiom Pattern@2X #331
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Not even 1kb, but very stylish. Gray thin lines.
Source Struck Axiom
Project Papper #119
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Light square grid pattern, great for a “DIY projects” sort of website, maybe?
Source Rafael Almeida
Background pattern 332 (version 2) #1740
Blue CC 0The tile this is formed from can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Brick Wall #1146
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0One more brick pattern. A bit more depth to this one.
Source Benjamin Ward
Background pattern 306 (colour 2) #1881
Colorful CC 0Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 308 (colour 2) #1871
Green CC 0Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Micro Carbon@2X #8
Carbon CC BY-SA 3.0Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo
Tessellation 10 (variant 1) #2546
Grid CC 0An alternative colour scheme to the original seamless pattern.
Source Firkin
Green Striped Background #899
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0If you need a green background for your blog/website, try this one. Remember that Green Striped Background is seamlessly tileable.
Source V. Hartikainen
Cross Scratches #625
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Subtle scratches on a light gray background.
Source Andrey Ovcharov
Background pattern 308 (colour 6) #1867
Pink CC 0Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 18 #202
Dark CC 0A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'colour modulo' texture in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
Shine Caro #713
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0It’s like Shine Dotted’s sister, only rotated 45 degrees.
Source mediumidee
Zig Zag@2X #329
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0So tiny, just 7 by 7 pixels – but still so sexy. Ah yes.
Source Dmitriy Prodchenko
Lorem Ipsum Background #1071
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0An aged paper background tile with smeared and pressed text.
Source V. Hartikainen
Egg Shell@2X #862
Light CC BY-SA 3.0It’s an egg, in the form of a pattern. This really is 2012.
Source Paul Phönixweiß
Arches #715
Light CC BY-SA 3.0One more in the line of patterns inspired by Japanese/Asian styles. Smooth.
Source Kim Ruddock
Crackled Cement Wall #1270
Wall CC 0Zero CC tileable Crackled Cement (streaks) texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Smooth Wall@2X #28
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Some rectangles, a bit of dust and grunge, plus a hint of concrete.
Source Atle Mo
Background pattern 306 (colour 5) #1879
Colorful CC 0Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
Source Firkin