“Transparent” Background Pattern #493
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An emulated “transparent” background pattern, like that of all kinds of computer graphics software.

Source AdamStanislav

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Fabric pattern 2 (colour 3) #2394
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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

Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 5 No Background #543
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Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 5 No Background

Source GDJ

Sakura Blossoms Background #389
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Sakura Blossoms Background

Source GDJ

Background pattern 274 #2041
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Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.

Source Firkin

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4 #461
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Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4

Source GDJ

Background pattern 252 (colour 6) #2157
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Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. 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

Black Linen@2X #64
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.

Source Atle Mo

Little Pluses #73
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Subtle grunge and many little pluses on top.

Source Atle Mo

Background pattern 306 (colour 5) #1879
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Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.

Source Firkin

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

Background pattern 251 #2167
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To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Snowflake remix #155
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A bit simplified version. Although it could be edited out to be simpler. Anyway, this time the tiling is converted to a pattern fill -which is using clipping for the tile's edges.

Source Lazur URH

Background pattern 207 (colour 2) #2464
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A seamless pattern created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin