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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Prismatic Diamond Background 6 #383
 Diamond  CC 0

Prismatic Diamond Background 6

Source GDJ

Light Brown Wallpaper With Vertical Stripes #905
 Stripes  CC BY-SA 3.0

This seamless light brown background texture resembles a wallpaper with vertical stripes. One way to use it is as a tiled background on web sites.

Source V. Hartikainen

Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern No Background #536
 Diamond  CC 0

Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern No Background

Source GDJ

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

Background pattern 314 (colour 3) #1837
 Green  CC 0

The square tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

Wood #49
 Wood  CC BY-SA 3.0

Dark wooden pattern, given the subtle treatment. based on texture from Cloaks.

Source Atle Mo
Based from Cloaks

Abstract Tiled Background Extended 8 #519
 Noise  CC 0

Abstract Tiled Background Extended 8

Source GDJ

Starring #585
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

If you need stars, this is the one to get.

Source Agus Riyadi

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 5 No Black #467
 Dark  CC 0

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 5 No Black

Source GDJ

Background pattern 308 (colour 3) #1870
 Colorful  CC 0

Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 117@2X #525
 Noise  CC 0

A seamless pattern drawn originally in Paint.net by distorting a slice of background pattern 116 and copying the resulting triangle numerous times.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 29 #200
 Dark  CC 0

Pattern produced in Paint.net using the Vibrato plug-in.

Source Firkin