Transparent Square Tiles #298
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0The 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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Checkered Light Emboss #280
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!
Source Alex Parker
Square ornament 32 #2433
Dark CC 0Drawn in Paint.net using the kaleidoscope plug-in and vectorised.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Floral Pattern 3 Variation 3 No Background@2X #808
Noise CC 0Prismatic Floral Pattern 3 Variation 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Strawberry seamless pattern #208
Noise CC 0This is the remix of "Strawberry Pattern Background" uploaded by "GDJ". Thanks. I realigned strawberries so as to get seamless and changed the BG color.
Source Yamachem
Felt@2X #301
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Got some felt in my mailbox today, so I scanned it for you to use.
Source Atle Mo
Escheresque Dark #1064
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A comeback for you: the popular Escheresque, now in black.
Source Patten
Flower 193 #1794
Green CC 0From a drawing in 'Prose and Verse ', William Linton, 1836.
Source Firkin
Micro Carbon@2X #8
Carbon CC BY-SA 3.0Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo
Decorative divider 250 #2070
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Очерки Русской Исторіи въ памятникахъ быта', Petr Polevoi, 1879.
Source Firkin
"Black Metal Grid", Seamless Background Pattern #1080
Metal CC BY-SA 3.0A free seamless background pattern for use on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Gray Lines@2X #914
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Some more diagonal lines and noise, because you know you want it.
Source Atle Mo
Sine wave background 2 #1734
Dark CC 0The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Background pattern 234 (colour 3) #2257
Blue CC 0Drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Dark Dot@2X #648
Carbon CC BY-SA 3.0That’s what it is, a dark dot. Or sort of carbon looking.
Source Tsvetelin Nikolov
Floral background 11 #2044
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'The March of Loyalty', Letitia MacClintock, 1884.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 289 #1937
Orange CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern No Background@2X #783
Light CC 0Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Elastoplast #282
Light CC BY-SA 3.0A fun-looking elastoplast/band-aid pattern. A hint of orange tone in this one.
Source Josh Green
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background #449
Noise CC 0Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background
Source GDJ
Desert Camo Print #255
Fabric CC 0Here's a camo print with more tan and less green, such as might be used in a desert scenario. This is tileable, so it can be used as a wallpaper or background.
Source Eady
Little Triangles@2X #688
Light CC BY-SA 3.0The basic shapes never get old. Simple triangle pattern.
Source Atle Mo