Tileable Wood #655
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0Not so subtle. These tileable wood patterns are very useful.
Source Elemis
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Green Gobbler #85
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Luxurious looking pattern (for a T-shirt maybe?) with a hint of green.
Source Simon Meek
Background pattern 334 (colour 2) #1731
Yellow CC 0Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Kaz
Source Firkin
Background pattern 333 #1741
Noise CC 0The tile this is formed from can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Hexellence@2X #706
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Detailed but still subtle and quite original. Lovely gray shades.
Source Kim Ruddock
Background pattern 308 (colour 6) #1867
Pink CC 0Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Geometric pattern #2006
Grid CC 0A monochrome pattern from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscaope and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Diamond pattern (colour 8) #2273
Red CC 0From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Polyskelion Pattern No Background@2X #800
Light CC 0Prismatic Polyskelion Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Background pattern 198 (variant 2) #2509
Yellow CC 0A version without colours blended together to give a different look.
Source Firkin
Kinda Jean #1062
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0A nice one indeed, but I have a feeling we have it already? If you spot a copy, let me know on Twitter.
Source Graphiste
Candyhole #356
Light CC BY-SA 3.0It’s a hole, in a pattern. On your website. Dig it!
Source Josh Green
Brown Canvas, Web Texture #1171
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0A web texture of brown canvas. Will look great, when used in dark web designs.
Source V. Hartikainen
Greek key pattern 5 #2294
Dark CC 0Seamless pattern made from a tile that can be obtained in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 224 (colour 2) #2341
Colorful CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Leafy pattern 12 #1764
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Old Brown Leather, Seamless Texture #1117
Leather CC BY-SA 3.0This texture looks like old leather. It should look great as a background on web pages.
Source V. Hartikainen
Grunge Website Background #1122
Grunge CC BY-SA 3.0A seamlessly tile-able grunge background image.
Source V. Hartikainen
Shattered #951
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0A large pattern with funky shapes and form. An original. Sort of origami-ish.
Source Luuk van Baars
Subtle Stripes@2X #752
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Vertical lines with a bumpy, yet crisp, feel to it.
Source Raasa
Tessellation 16 (colour 4) #2212
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
Decorative divider 254 #2040
Dark CC 0Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857
Source Firkin