“Transparent” Background Pattern #493
 Light  CC 0

An emulated “transparent” background pattern, like that of all kinds of computer graphics software.

Source AdamStanislav

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Background pattern 214 (colour 2) #2376
 Red  CC 0

A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.

Source Firkin

Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 2 No Background #538
 Diamond  CC 0

Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 2 No Background

Source GDJ

Batthern #324
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

Sometimes simple really is what you need, and this could fit you well.

Source Factorio.us Collective

Noisy #45
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

Looks a bit like concrete with subtle specks spread around the pattern.

Source Mladjan Antic

Prismatic Diamond Background 6 #383
 Diamond  CC 0

Prismatic Diamond Background 6

Source GDJ

Vintage pattern #1960
 Grid  CC 0

Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.

Source Firkin

Rocky Wall@2X #42
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

High detail stone wall with minor cracks and specks.

Source Projecteightyfive

White Sand #19
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Same as gray sand but lighter. A sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.

Source Atle Mo

Background pattern 336 (colour 3) #1719
 Blue  CC 0

Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.

Source Firkin

Part of Bayeux Tapestry 3 #2448
 Noise  CC 0

From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.

Source Firkin

Colourful background #2008
 Colorful  CC 0

Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic

Source Firkin

Background pattern 225 (colour 4) #2324
 Green  CC 0

Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be extracted by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 268 #2066
 Dark  CC 0

Remixed from a drawing in 'Kulturgeschichte der Deutschen im Mittelalter' Franz von Loeher, 1891. The unit tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i

Source Firkin

Carbon Fiber Big@2X #327
 Carbon  CC BY-SA 3.0

Bigger is better, right? So here you have some large carbon fiber.

Source Factorio.us Collective

Old Mathematics #43
 Stripes  CC BY-SA 3.0

This one takes you back to math class. Classic mathematic board underlay.

Source Josh Green