Triangles@2X #128
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Dark and hard, just the way we like it. Embossed triangles makes a nice pattern.
Source Ivan Ginev
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Light Toast@2X #760
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Has nothing to do with toast, but it’s nice and subtle.
Source Pippin Lee
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 5 No Background #543
Diamond CC 0Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 5 No Background
Source GDJ
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 7 No Background@2X #548
Noise CC 0Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 7 No Background
Source GDJ
Tex2res2@2X #720
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0Number 2 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
Black Scales #191
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Same as Silver Scales, but in black. Turn your site into a dragon with this great scale pattern.
Source Alex Parker
Dark Wall@2X #818
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo
Inflicted@2X #118
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Dark squares with some virus-looking dots in the grid.
Source Hugo Loning
Decorative divider 231 #2149
Dark CC 0From a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.
Source Firkin
A dark wool background pattern with diagonal stripes #907
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Feel free to download and use it, or see the rest of the dark background patterns that I have made. Anyway, I hope you will find something that you like.
Source V. Hartikainen
Grey Washed Wall@2X #1129
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0This is a semi-dark pattern, sort of linen-y.
Source Sagive SEO
Black Linen@2X #64
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 5 No Black@2X #792
Noise CC 0Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 5 No Black
Source GDJ
Dirty Old Black Shirt@2X #854
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Used in small doses, this could be a nice subtle pattern. Used on a large surface, it’s dirty!
Source Paul Reulat
Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern 2 No Background #412
Light CC 0Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Mosaic tile #2481
Brown CC 0From a drawing in 'Handbook of the excursions proposed to be made by the Lincoln Diocesan Architectural Society, on the 27th and 28th of May, 1857', Edward Trollope, 1857.
Source Firkin
Zodiac pattern #2407
Colorful CC 0A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
Colourful background #2007
Colorful CC 0Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 235 #2091
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'The Quiver of Love', Walter Crane, 1876
Source Firkin
White Texture@2X #132
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry