“Transparent” Background Pattern@2X #494
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An emulated “transparent” background pattern, like that of all kinds of computer graphics software.

Source AdamStanislav

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Prismatic Dots Background 8 #515
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Prismatic Dots Background 8

Source GDJ

Background pattern 291 #1931
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To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Fabric pattern 3 (colour 6) #2382
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Alternative colour scheme. Not a pattern for fabrics, but one produced from a jpg of a stack of fabric items that was posted on Pixabay. The tile that this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Background pattern black #2028
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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

Fancy Deboss #177
 Fabric  CC BY-SA 3.0

Luxury pattern, looking like it came right out of Paris.

Source Daniel Beaton

R.I.P Steve Jobs@2X #293
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

He influenced us all. “Don’t be sad because it’s over. Smile because it happened.”

Source Atle Mo

Triangles #127
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Dark and hard, just the way we like it. Embossed triangles makes a nice pattern.

Source Ivan Ginev

Background pattern 9 (B&W) #212
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Black & white version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net

Source Firkin

Retro Circles Background 6@2X #429
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Retro Circles Background 6

Source GDJ

Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 4 No Background@2X #558
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Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 4 No Background

Source GDJ

Transparent Square Tiles@2X #299
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

The first pattern on here using opacity. Try it on a site with a colored background, or even using mixed colors.

Source Nathan Spady