Type #276
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.

Source Atle Mo

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Retina Dust@2X #916
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

First pattern tailor-made for Retina, with many more to come. All the old ones are upscaled, in case you want to re-download.

Source Atle Mo

Retro Circles Background 8 #435
 Dark  CC 0

Retro Circles Background 8

Source GDJ

Background pattern 235 (colour 4) #2252
 Green  CC 0

To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Prismatic Dots Background 7@2X #514
 Dark  CC 0

Prismatic Dots Background 7

Source GDJ

Seamless Core Pattern 4 #168
 Dark  CC 0

Seamless Core Pattern 4

Source GDJ

Background pattern 226 (colour 2) #2320
 Green  CC 0

A seamless pattern from a tile made from a jpg on Pixabay. To get the tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 4 No Background@2X #558
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 4 No Background

Source GDJ

Background pattern 6 #225
 Noise  CC 0

Another fairly simple design drawn in Paint.net and vectorized in Inkscape.

Source Firkin

Decorative divider 253 #2064
 Dark  CC 0

From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 314 (colour 5) #1835
 Pink  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