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

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Cross pattern (negative) #2332
 Dark  CC 0

A seamless pattern formed from cross 4. To get the original tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Dark Steel Grid Background Pattern #1081
 Metal  CC BY-SA 3.0

Here's a dark background pattern that contains a steel grid pattern as a texture. Use it as a website background or for other purposes. It's free!

Source V. Hartikainen

Background pattern 7 #227
 Noise  CC 0

Pattern that came out of playing with the 'slinky' plug-in for Paint.net

Source Firkin

Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 2 No Background@2X #554
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 2 No Background

Source GDJ

gourd seamless pattern #2277
 Brown  CC 0

The image depicts a seamless pattern which includes hexagonally-aligned gourds with BG in light-brown.

Source Yamachem

Dark Denim 3 #595
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

This is the third pattern called Dark Denim, but hey, we all love them!

Source Brandon Jacoby

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background No Black@2X #452
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background No Black

Source GDJ

Floral pattern 7 (colour 6) #2286
 Brown  CC 0

Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Colourful background #2011
 Colorful  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

Prismatic Geometric Pattern Variation 2 With Background@2X #472
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Geometric Pattern Variation 2 With Background

Source GDJ

Background pattern 336 (colour 2) #1720
 Green  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

Diamond pattern (colour 9) #2269
 Fabric  CC 0

From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Street Art Pattern #1196
 Concrete  CC BY-SA 3.0

Looks as if it's spray painted on the wall. You can be sure that this pattern will seamlessly fill your backgrounds on web pages.

Source V. Hartikainen